Dear Queenie,
What are you supposed to do with Christmas gifts that were sent to a member of your family who passed away just before the holidays?—Bereavement Etty Ket
Dear Etty Ket,
It is up the bereaved family to decide whether to keep the gift in memory of their lost loved one. And if, after they have taken care of more urgent matters, they decide not to keep it, it is still up to them to decide how to dispose of it – by returning it to the person who sent it, donating it to a worthy cause, passing it on to someone else, or even selling it. They can ask the person who sent the gift what that person would like them to do with it, but they are not obligated to do so.
