The Case of the Regifted Regift Monster
This is a monster that I created as my final project in Grade 12 Crafts class circa 1998:
She’s a beauty, ain’t she? Brings a tear to my eye every time I see her.
Last year, I decided to regift this monster to my father-in-law as part of a regifting tradition my wife’s family has every year. I was sad to see my monster go but glad to know that she had found a new, loving home. (Side note: I think my parents were glad to have this monster finally out of their house.)
This year, my father-in-law regifted the monster back to me. I was shocked and appalled. My understanding was that regifting regifts violated some kind of sacred gift giving code. And to regift to the original regifter? Heinous.
In fact, I refused to accept it. He insisted. So, my wife and I took the monster, and in the dark of night, decided to drop it off at my wife’s Uncle’s house:
Around 12:30 that very evening, as my wife and I were going to bed, we heard a rustling outside. The dog started to bark. Who is it? A burglar? A juvenile delinquent causing a ruckus? No, not this night. Instead, we witness my wife’s uncle dropping the monster back off at our place:
Here is a further update:
Two questions for you:
1. Can you regift a regift especially to the original regifter?
2. Does anyone want a monster? 
I think regifting a regift violates the fundamental law of regifting. Thou shalt not regift back to the regifter. Unless the monster was a gift from you alone, and your wife’s dad decided to regift it to her, alone, then there’s some debate on the grey area.
However much I would love a monster, I haven’t any room for him, what with all the other creatures of the night that lurk around here
Hahaha – thanks, Mehnaz. It’s good that you don’t have room for him as I would have to buy an extra plane ticket back to Vancouver to get him there!
I can’t help you but I can laugh! Ha! ha! ha! Tia
.-= Coach T.I.A ´s last blog ..When The Destination is Better Than the Journey! =-.
Tia – are you sure you don’t want a monster?
I agree that you cannot regift a regift to the original regifter, but technically you didn’t regift it by giving it to Stu. You made it, it wasn’t given to you, and therefore you did not regift it. If Mom or Dad gave it to Stu, and then he gave it back to them, then yes, Stu is guilting of regifting a regifited gift, which, as we all know, is a crime against humanity, and is punishable by death in some cultures.