Christmas is over for another year and as you wipe that plastic smile from your face having thanked everyone for their 'wonderful' gifts, it's time to make some ethical decisions.

Do you try and hide some of them with the Christmas wrapping paper hoping no-one will notice as you dump it in the garbage bin? Or, do you make a quick trip over to St Vinnies and offload as much as you can promising the staff that this is the last year you do this?

Have you ever considered regifting?

Recycling gifts is not a new concept but the trend is growing as budget-conscious gift receivers realise that the unwanted present they received from Aunt Hilda could be kept as a present for someone later in the year.

And while it it hotly debated, certainly in high-brown conversations, recycled gifts are a smart way to reuse a present rather than waste it. However, according to the Emily Post Institute there are some societal etiquette tips required;

* You are certain the gift is something the recipient would enjoy.
* The gift is brand new (no cast-offs allowed) and comes with its original box and instructions.
* The gift isn’t handmade, or one that the original giver took great care to select.

I would add one more to the list;

* If the product is past its use-by-date (either as a perishable item or the fad has passed) don't regift it.

So, while we're all being honest and mature adults, was there anything you received this Christmas that will end up as a recycled gift?