Dr Kate McCann also urged parents not to buy retinol or other unsuitable products for young skin, just because they have been advertised on social media.

Director of communications of the CCPC, Gráinne Griffin, said gift receipts help avoid awkwardness.

Home décor, clothes and accessories, and books are the most likely presents to be regifted.

However, almost 45 per cent said this year they will keep them out of respect for those who gifted them