So many unwanted Christmas gifts remain gathering dust – but binning them just fills me with guilt | Adrian Chiles

I have more stuff than I want, need or have room for. But still I cling on to that trouser press my dad gave me many years ago

Martin Lewis, the moneysaving expert and possibly the country’s most influential person right now, has had something to say about present-giving. Mindful of the cost of living crisis, he’s calling for us to sign up to what he’s calling pre-nups. Here Nups is an acronym for No Unnecessary Presents. As he puts it: “The best gift is the gift of releasing people from the obligation of having to buy for you.”

He’s undoubtedly right, but not in the case of those people who don’t want to be released from the obligation of buying presents. In my experience, there are many who feel this way. Giving is often more about the giver than the receiver, in that they will get more gratification from giving the gift than the giftee will get upon tearing open the wrapping paper.

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