Should you admit not liking a present?

Four million people returned £143 million of unwanted Christmas gifts last year, * but some think it’s rude

- FIONA KINLOCH

No

‘It’s ungrateful and ungracious’

DeAna D’Monte, 49, lives in Folkestone with her son and daughter. She is the founder of customised gifts website wordcraftdesign.co.uk

True to the saying, when it comes to gifts it really is the thought that counts. No one sets out to present you with a bad gift, and you can bet they had their best intentions at heart. Rejecting any type of present that someone has taken the time, trouble and expense to provide you with is ungrateful and ungracious.