What should I do with my parents' old wedding presents?

What should I do with my parents' old wedding presents?
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I would donate them, but I’m a minimalist and can’t stand non-useful things to lay around for long. I am actually in much the same boat with family heirlooms, not quite sure when I can feel good about handing them off the the younger generation, who thinks of it more as ‘junk’ than cool family heirlooms.
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