So there are just days to go before Christmas and you still have gifts to get. With it already being the week of Christmas, you can’t order online and you’ll likely want to spend as little time as possible in the crowded malls. Here are a few ideas to quickly get gifts for those people still remaining on your list.
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Consider picking up a gift card. While they can seem somewhat impersonal, make it special by giving an experience, such as a day at the spa or dinner and a movie.
Similar to gift cards, a membership could be greatly appreciated as a special, thoughtful gift. Two of my favorites, Costco and CAA offer gift memberships that can save the person money the whole year long!
Making a donation in someone’s name can be a great gift for those that have all they need and haven’t asked for much this Christmas.
Have a tasty recipe? You could bake cookies or squares and give them in a festive tin.
As long as the person you’re shopping for enjoys the occasional drink, it’s hard to go wrong with a nice bottle of wine, gift set of beer or a fancy liqueur.
Have a photo that’s meaningful to the person you’re giving the gift to? You could get it enlarged and framed, or even put in on a mug or mouse pad. Many places can do this within a day, but check to make sure as some special items could take longer.
If you have quite a few photo’s you’d like to give, create a DVD slideshow of them. Google’s Picasa is free and can do the job.
Did you receive something at a gift exchange or office party in the past month that you haven’t opened and won’t use? Re-gifting might solve your shopping stress, save you money and hopefully the person you give it to will truly enjoy it more than you.
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At least for me you can’t go wrong with some baked items, tasty.
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Memberships to things like museums and art galleries also make great gifts, because the recipient gets to enjoy them all year long. They’re usually not very expensive either.
Great idea Kathleen – a year long membership to something like a museum would be fantastic, and can be bought online. Y ou can then print the confirmation to complete a quick and useful gift which, as you say, will last a whole year!
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Thank you for those great ideas! Since Christmas isn’t too far now, your tips will be very helpful for me right now. My girlfriend is kind of internet junkie, so I like the idea with the photo on the mouse pad for her very much!! Will try to find a shop that can do this. We have so many photos now as posters, flags etc., but none as mousepad yet!
Consider downloading (and putting to a gift CD) a current trial version of a computer program like BVS or Solsuite’s solitaire collection, Meggiesoft’s series of individual Rummy family/ euchre etc. card games, or perhaps ‘Zillions of Games’ for chess, checkers, & puzzles, etc.
Evaluate and then order the product key registration serial(s) online; at worst you’ll have a functional body of a software program to physically present on time.
In the planning stage getting a baked gift sucks but when you actually open up a tin of tasty brownies on the gift day it rocks beyond all manner of rockery.
Great post! I myself think that finding the right gift can sometimes be difficult. What I think is that people tend to like unique gifts that are hard to find and not sold in stores. People like the gifts more this way since they cannot be replaced. I have been buying a few items from http://www.thinkfuntoys.com and giving it away to friends and family. They all love it. The stuff there are pretty cheap and unique and they deliver fast.
the best holiday ever is christmas, i know that for my gifts to the love ones i buy them like with 1-2 month earlier so i will know for sure i wont mess it up .
For my money the coolest and most unique christmas gift idea is a gift of the month club from http://www.monthlyclubs.ca.
I was given a beer club membership for Father’s Day this past June and it has been a hoot! I swear by these guys now (I got the chocolate club for the wife for Christmas). I have heard good things about the wine club too.
Finding the ideal Christmas Gift for the loved ones can be stressful at this festive time of year and I would Like to thank the writer for making it easier for the readers like Me. I was looking for a Secret Santa present for my friend , Thanks for sharing the gift ideas for all! I have just bought a Christmas gift for my friend from http://www.greetingsngifts.com , a frame and a Musical Christmas Greeting card with a Famous quote printed on It.
Thanks again !