A wise man once uttered the phrase, “Clark, that’s the gift that keeps on giving the whole year,” and though he was talking about a one-year membership in the jelly of the month club and we’re not Clark – the saying is timeless as is that classic movie. At some point this holiday season, many of us will be thrust into the moral quagmire that is to re-gift or not to re-gift. Maybe it’s the wine glass set you got stuck with during your company white elephant gift exchange or the umpteenth holiday sweater from your crazy grandma; whatever it is DTE is here to say that re-gifting is not only acceptable by our moral standards but recommended. And we know re-gifting - there was a year when a certain wood-framed deer print made its way through several Christmas, birthday and graduation gift giving rounds involving DTE. While re-gifting is universally considered a faux pas (probably by one-time re-gift offenders… or offended) it is carving out a positive reputation among environmentalists and conservationists who see re-gifting as the ultimate in green and sustainable as they are turning trash into something useful. Putting to fruition the old saying that, “one mans trash is another man’s treasure.” So this holiday season, don’t feel bad about re-gifting, and if you get busted in the act, you don’t have to blame it on the poor economy but rather spin it to show that you are doing something good for the environment. That way, we all win – well except the poor sap with the never used bread maker. To read more about re-gifting, see THIS STORY on Newsweek.com.

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