I'm trying to grind out the Festival of Giving commendations, and Rare have even said "leave gifts at the Hideout for other crews to hand in". Hell, there's even a chat wheel option that says "Let's leave this at the Reaper's Hideout!"
I leave a bunch of Humble Gifts at the Hideout, come back a few hours later, they're gone but I still don't have any commendations, so I figured they despawn just like all other player loot left on islands. The only other possible way they could've disappeared but not received commendation was if a crew took them and left with them, but I seriously doubt that.
I understand finding other players on the seas and actively giving them your gifts, but I never have much luck with that, so leaving them at the hideout for other crews is my only option. I'm not sure how I'm supposed to achieve 30 Humble and 30 Generous gifts handed in by other crew if they just despawn before other crews can get to them. If no one else on my server is actively doing the festival of giving, there's no real reason to go to the Hideout anyway.
