You and me both
- 'they' talk about re-gifting but our families did it for years. Mum would mentally make a list of who was given what: this in a family group of over 15 ...... so that she didn't give the present back to the gifter
We kept paper - some went round this family for over 10 years, particularly the shiny stuff. It would be commented on and bring back it's own memories
. Cut carefully and ironed
........ then the smaller pieces would be used to wrap the presents that Santa would bring, Mum did that until last year, she had wrapped B4 she went into the Home. She even found some wedding paper from 1975 in which to wrap our 40th present from her to us
No use by dates then so it didn't matter. Talc, bath cubes, bath salts all went round until eventually were used by someone
. We've used cards as labels since about 1966. Sadly I have more labels than people these days but am loathe to throw them. Mum made small tapestry cards for gifts, I found some in the loft recently so could be reused or hung on the tree.
What was the question
It's known as 'make do and mend'
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