Questions about whether it is possible to redistribute gifts, whether it is a bad omen, why it should not be done, are becoming more and more relevant. Quite often, we are all given the "wrong" gifts, the question is whether it is worth trying to return them to the store without opening them, or giving them to someone who will be delighted with them.
The main reason for giving gifts is unnecessary. For example, you gave a skateboard to a chess player, of course, the chess player can thank you, put the skateboard in the closet and forget about it, or maybe give it to his brother, who has wanted to try skating for a very long time. The second option looks more reasonable from all sides.
Store or give
In fact, the ethical side of gift giving is at the heart of the omen. Usually, people who choose a gift for you spend energy, money, time and emotions on it. It is simply indecent to give such gifts. This is especially true for gifts made with your own hands - paintings, knitted items, photo frames. But sometimes they give the very "skateboards", that is, gifts that are made according to the principle "well, at least I should give something." Moreover, such gifts can be quite expensive, but completely meaningless for the person to whom they are presented. As for all kinds of sets of cosmetics, figurines, photo albums and other things, of course, you can give them to someone else, but it's worth thinking about who needs such rubbish at all.
Scientists believe that it is even useful to re-present gifts. At the very least, this is less offensive to the original gift-givers.
There are a lot of arguments for redirecting good, but unnecessary things. This is especially true for the things that you already have. Very often they give duplicate household appliances - blenders, pressure cookers or steamers. These are wonderful, useful machines that can be useful to anyone. The trouble is that you may already have such things, so instead of putting away such a gift in the closet, it is better to give it to a friend or relative who needs it. Just do not tell the donor that such a gift is superfluous, it can upset even the most good-natured and joyful person.
Before donating a gift, look at the wish list of the potential recipient. There are tons of apps on social media that make it easy to find the right gifts for each other.
Why is this a bad omen
As for the omen itself, its appearance is due to the fact that personified gifts in the old days were considered a vessel of good luck. Accordingly, giving a gift to another person meant voluntarily giving up your luck. In the modern world, where gifts are mostly bought ready-made, and not made by donors, this sign has lost its meaning.
