Do you recycle gifts?

I always hate when you get gifts that you would never use! Those are usually from the people that feel like they have to get you something, but dont know you well enough to know what to get! I am so very thankful I havent had gifts like these in a long time! My family is actually getting away from giving gifts. We get together for birthdays. Last year at Christmas time, we gave all of the money we would normally spend on gifts to a family that needed it. It was far better than any other option! I actually remember that Christmas gift. Normally I would have forgotten by now! I hate that gifts have become obligatory so often in today's society. They have almost become meaningless. You are just another name on someone's list that they buy some sort of junk for! I will always try to pass anything on to someone else, if it is something I wont use. I hate to be wasteful, so someone might as well use it!

I have a hard time re-gifting things even if it is something god-awful or I couldn't use ever. Instead I do what Jezebella said, I donate things to the Salvation Army, Goodwill or even my church when we have yard sales.