As we near Christmas, time to rummage through your closet to find those lovely presents from work exchanges, well meaning nieces and any gift that didn’t quite hit the mark.  Remove any bothersome tags and make up a good backstory as to why you are giving it to your uncle or postman.  Be careful not to cross gift and put them back into the same pool where you got them (you did make notes last year, yes?).  Ready, set, go and keep that oven mitt shaped like a reindeer I gave you last year.  You did like it, right?  You said so last year.  Regifter.

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