Getting a gift you don’t want and giving it to someone else may seem frowned upon, but according to the fourth annual holiday shopping study by Ipsos Reid, most British Columbians think its acceptable to regift, and close to half admit they have regifted things received from other people.
Senior Vice-President and managing director of Ipsos Reid, Dave Pierzchala:
“The majority of British Columbians, at 62 percent, think it’s acceptable to re-gift and on top of that, close to half, 45 percent of British Columbians admitted that they’ve actually re gifted things received from other people. So, it was one of those things we went into it thinking that people would not be open to the concept and it’s quite the opposite.”
He says results of the study show that the spirit of Christmas giving is “alive and well in BC.”
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