Gift boxes are seen in New York. Wrapping up that unwanted picture frame from last Christmas and giving it to someone else as a gift might not be as taboo as it once was, according to a study. The survey of 1,505 American adults, conducted by market research firm Harris Interactive, found that over half of the respondents admitted to "re-gifting" with passing on gifts becoming a far more common and acceptable phenomenon. In fact 78 percent of consumers who were polled felt that it was acceptable to re-gift some or most of the time. Nancy Wong, a spokeswoman for Harris Interactive, said she was surprised by the number of people who admitted to re-gifting. "It's not something I've thought about and when I saw that over half had done it -- 52 percent have re-gifted and or would re-gift -- it's quite a significant number," Wong said. According to the survey, the mostly commonly re-gifted items were decorative household items, such as vases, paintings, picture frames and other trinkets. Wong said that while 77 percent of respondents said they re-gifted because the item was perfectly suited to the new recipient. The study showed that nine percent of people admitted that they re-gifted out of laziness to purchase a new gift and four percent confessed that they re-gifted out of dislike for the recipient.    (Agencies)

一項調查表明，將不合心意的禮物，如上個圣誕節收到的相框，重新包裝一下轉送給別人已經不再是一種忌諱了。 美國哈里斯互動市場調查公司所做的此項調查共有1505名成年人參加，調查發現，超過半數的受訪者承認自己轉送過禮物，這已成為一種可接受的普遍現象。 確切的說，有78％的受訪者認為轉送禮物很正常。 哈里斯互動市場調查公司的發言人Nancy Wong說，她很驚訝竟有這么多人轉送過禮物。 她說："我實在是沒有想到。據我了解，半數以上的受訪者（52％）轉送過禮物或將考慮這么做，這實在是個不小的數字。" 調查顯示，最常被轉送的禮物是室內裝飾品，如花瓶、畫、相框和其它小飾品。 Nancy Wong說，77％的受訪者說他們之所以轉送禮物是因為這些禮物的確適合送禮對象。 此外，調查顯示，9％的人說，他們轉送禮物主要是因為懶得出去買新禮物，4％的人承認他們轉送禮物的原因是不喜歡送禮對象。 (英語點津姍姍編輯)