Re-gifting is an art form
The Chinese—especially in Taiwan—tend to have a closet full of such gifts that they constantly regift. Everyone knows that’s what’s happening and it’s usually not a huge deal—particularly at office parties, birthdays in the extended family etc. Most of such gifts are hardly even unwrapped—or only enough to see what it is and rewrapped.
My daughter was given a doll for her birthday years back. The classmate who gave it to her was so proud that she had chosen it herself, while shopping with mom. The doll was one of those dolls one would display on a dresser — not play with. She came with a stand.
When we opened the box about a week or so later (we weren’t sure where to put the doll, exactly), how surprised we were to find a photo Christmas card at the inside bottom of the box! The envelope had the name of the little girl and her mommy on the front. Upon opening the envelope and seeing the photo card, my husband and I proceeded to read the contents. The card went on about family news, and we grappled whether to give it to the owners or not. My husband won that debate, and we never said a word about it.