As people continue to assess the value of the loot they received on Christmas, this much is clear: There’s plenty of re-gifting as a result, per an eBay survey completed at the start of the holiday season.

And far from being viewed as a burden, re-gifting is actually a preferred option:

Yet for many, unwanted does not mean unappreciated: nearly one-third of all adults (32 percent) would rather get a present that they could re-gift or resell than not get a present at all, the survey found.

It is a lemons-from-lemonade worldview, but also a rather coldly-calculating one: Even if they hate the gift, many still consider a value in it, monetary or otherwise. So they still want it as an asset, to be leveraged in some way.

The reason for the season? Hmm.