"Regifting" - The giving of a gift you had received (but did not want) and presenting it to someone else, rather than giving a new, personally selected gift to the recipient.
Pre-Re-Gifting - I think we may have invented this phenomenon. Read on McDuff!
On his birthday we treated Grant to an afternoon at the Rag Tag Cinema watching Moonrise Kingdom, (his request) a quirky and very enjoyable film shown at the art-house theater just a few blocks from Grant's place and later a dinner with his housemate Carson and Carson's family visiting from Chicago; it was then time to have cake and open gifts. We had brought along a couple of household items at Grant's request, purchased some new tires for his car while we were in town and carried with us two wrapped gifts. Grant's request was for a Texas State Flag to hang on his wall, the other gift had been sitting in its original mailing envelope on the dinning room table for weeks - if not months. The envelope was addressed to Sue, and it she who told me that the package was a birthday gift for Grant from his sister Inga. I did not question this stated fact. Nor did any one of us open the envelope, since it was known to be a "birthday gift for Grant".
We had refolded the Lone Star Flag in a proper triangular fold. Grant easily guessed the contents of his first present by its shape and fabric feel beneath the wrapping paper. No surprise there.
Once he peeled the gift wrap from his second present, he noticed the envelop was addressed to his mother. Grant turned to his mother and said, "Mom? I don't think this is supposed to be for me. This looks like it belongs to you. Actually it looks like what I sent you for your birthday Mom."
Grant handed the mailing envelope to its rightful recipient, his mother, who opened up a DVD containing the first season episodes of the TV show, Northern Exposure. A Big Happy Birthday Surprise! Happy Birthday Everyone, albeit, 5 months late for Sue.
Basically the gift giving unfolded like this: Grant sends his mother a birthday gift ordered through the mail. The gift arrives addressed to Sue. Sue receives the birthday gift in the mail but does not open it and leaves it on the table, believing it to be a birthday gift meant for Grant from his sister. Sue wraps her own unopened gift to deliver to her son Grant. Grant opens his birthday gift only to discover it is the very gift he had sent to his mother for her birthday.
We believe this is the definition of pre-re-gifting.
Pre-Re-Gifting - I think we may have invented this phenomenon. Read on McDuff!
On his birthday we treated Grant to an afternoon at the Rag Tag Cinema watching Moonrise Kingdom, (his request) a quirky and very enjoyable film shown at the art-house theater just a few blocks from Grant's place and later a dinner with his housemate Carson and Carson's family visiting from Chicago; it was then time to have cake and open gifts. We had brought along a couple of household items at Grant's request, purchased some new tires for his car while we were in town and carried with us two wrapped gifts. Grant's request was for a Texas State Flag to hang on his wall, the other gift had been sitting in its original mailing envelope on the dinning room table for weeks - if not months. The envelope was addressed to Sue, and it she who told me that the package was a birthday gift for Grant from his sister Inga. I did not question this stated fact. Nor did any one of us open the envelope, since it was known to be a "birthday gift for Grant".
We had refolded the Lone Star Flag in a proper triangular fold. Grant easily guessed the contents of his first present by its shape and fabric feel beneath the wrapping paper. No surprise there.
Once he peeled the gift wrap from his second present, he noticed the envelop was addressed to his mother. Grant turned to his mother and said, "Mom? I don't think this is supposed to be for me. This looks like it belongs to you. Actually it looks like what I sent you for your birthday Mom."
Grant handed the mailing envelope to its rightful recipient, his mother, who opened up a DVD containing the first season episodes of the TV show, Northern Exposure. A Big Happy Birthday Surprise! Happy Birthday Everyone, albeit, 5 months late for Sue.
Basically the gift giving unfolded like this: Grant sends his mother a birthday gift ordered through the mail. The gift arrives addressed to Sue. Sue receives the birthday gift in the mail but does not open it and leaves it on the table, believing it to be a birthday gift meant for Grant from his sister. Sue wraps her own unopened gift to deliver to her son Grant. Grant opens his birthday gift only to discover it is the very gift he had sent to his mother for her birthday.
We believe this is the definition of pre-re-gifting.
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| Sue's face turns a to a festive blush when the gift she gave to her son turns out to be the very gift her son had given to her Season #1 - Northern Exposure DVD |
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