Secondhand gifts are going mainstream this holiday season

Once seen as cheap, a used present is something many people are now open to receiving. ThredUp’s holiday sales show how fast the taboo is fading.

For most of history, holiday shopping came with an unspoken rule: Never give someone a used present. A preowned gift seemed cheap, or worse, thoughtless. But that taboo seems to be falling away.

For most of its 17-year history, ThredUp, which bills itself as the world’s largest online thrift store, saw a dip in sales over the holidays, in contrast to most retailers, who wait for the glut of holiday shopping to finally........

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