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Dear Mary

Dear Mary: Can I regift an unwanted tin of sweets?

4 January 2025

9:00 AM

4 January 2025

9:00 AM

Q. A kind villager gave us a jolly circular tin of sweets for Christmas. We are both overweight and would normally have no compunction in simply re-gifting such a present, but unfortunately the ingredients listed are almost exclusively ultra-processed. I therefore feel that any potential recipients might be insulted by our giving it to them as all our friends know we would not dream of eating the sweets ourselves.

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