Getting rid of souvenirs friends bring to you from other places can be difficult. It's cool thinking, "This box came from Russia!" or "This stuffed giant frog is from Mexico!" (You smile, but my parents had that from a missionary friend. I loved showing it off as a kid.) Once again, you value the giver, but there is also a kind of mystique surrounding something from afar.
Ideas would be rotating some in a display as you store others. Another idea is to actually use them, such as a cedar box from Canada could be a jewelry box. My daughter collects snow globes, my son has playing card decks, so people pick those up for them on trips and they display their collections. Giving people a "theme" might help you avoid items you're not sure what to do with. However, if you only store them unseen, it's probably time to get rid of them.
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