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A Small Life · Nov 19, 2025

Is Thrifting Gifts Tacky?

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Maybe? But Overconsumption is tackier....

Trash litters the shoreline next to a stone wall.
Photo by James Lo on Unsplash

Someone once told me that thrifted gifts were tacky. Yet, we live in a world where overconsumption is normalized, the holiday season sends people into debt for months after it has ended and there’s a floating garbage patch twice the size of Texas in the middle of the ocean. I don’t think we get to deem secondhand gifts as tacky. It’s classist and wasteful. And Mama didn’t raise no snobs!

Here’s my best thrifted gift ideas, so you can keep things out of the landfill and maybe save yourself some cash while you’re at it.

Thrifted Gift Ideas

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