Perfect Christmas Gift
October 18th, 2007 Subscribe To Our Feed
Creating The Perfect Christmas Gift Basket
by Gabriel J. Adams
Making gift baskets for Christmas is a lovely way to make gift giving easy and put a bit of your own creativity into a present. Normally, Christmas gift baskets are themed and they'll either reflect the interests of the recipient or, if the basket is a business promotional tool, the gift giver.
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If you're making a gift basket for a friend, try to think about his or her interests and include those in the basket's theme. For example, if your sister loves to knit, then make a basket with a knitting theme and decorate it with yarn. If your brother-in-law loves golf, then fill the bottom with tees and start from there. If your co-worker is a music buff, then include some mixed CDs and maybe a pair of headphones. By coming up with a theme, you'll find that putting together a basket is easy and fun.
There are some people though that are hard to pin down. If you're stuck for a theme idea, try going with a food focus like gourmet chocolate, tasty teas, or sumptuous soups. Or, and this is a safe bet, most women (and men!) would love to get a basket full of bath time goodies. Who doesn't like to pamper themselves?
Now, if you're making a hundred gift baskets to send a holiday thank you to your clients, then you're going to want that Christmas gift basket to reflect you and your business, rather than trying to tailor each individual basket to each recipient. Try to include items that represent your company and what you do. If you're a financial advisor, throw in some chocolate dollars. If you run a cleaning business, tie it up with rubber gloves. Christmas gift baskets are a great way to thank clients and show a touch of your lighter side.
Remember, be creative, have fun with it, and always put a bit of yourself into the project.
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Christmas Presents History
October 16th, 2007 Subscribe To Our Feed
christmas presents: History and Trivia
by Gail Leino
christmas presents and the history of Christmas gift giving has a long history. Earliest historical references seem to point to the origin occurring in Ancient Rome. High ranking officials were required to give gifts to the Emperor around the time of the Winter Solstice. They were not exactly christmas presents as we know it, at least not then, date, but instead were part of the celebration of the birth of the Sun God.
St. Nicholas is by far the most easily recognized source of christmas presents around the world. Parents would leave small gifts of candy or fruits for their children in the honor of St. Nicholas. Eventually the date of this exchange of gifts became associated with the December 25th festivities.
Christmas presents became even more of a focal point of the holiday experience in the mid-19th century when Americans began to shift from exchanging small, simple gifts and instead began taking a more consume-driven approach to Christmas presents and gift exchanges. It is thought that advertising may have encouraged the shift in Christmas Presents and the style of giving that was being done by Americans. In addition, the poem “A Visit from St. Nick” (otherwise known as “The Night Before Christmas”) was written by Clement Moore in 1822 and published. The poem describes Santa Clause climbing down chimneys and stuffing stockings full of Christmas presents before flying off into the Christmas night with his miniature sled and magical reindeer.
More than likely it was a combination of advertising, the poetry and many other cultural influences that brought about the change in exchange attitudes surrounding the exchange of Christmas presents. Now, however, the anticipation of both giving and receiving Christmas presents leads to some creative opportunities of gift giving. Christmas parties, family dinners and more traditional forms of gift giving or hiding Christmas presents under the Christmas tree all present chances to surprise your family and friends with unique and interesting Christmas presents.
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