THE BIG GIFT-GIVING

The presents for Christmas and New Year are one of this season's best things. It is hardly so only because we receive a new item: we live in a world where one visit to the mall or a browse in a shopping site allows us to buy whatever we want; and the money will even not touch our hands. Christmas and New Year presents, however, are charged with special emotion.

It might be because of the season: although winter's coldest days are yet to come, the nights begin to get shorter and springs starts approaching. It might be that new items strengthen the feel for ending the old and beginning the new. It might be because of the accumulated childhood memories when Christmas presents caused fervent impatience, great hesitation on what to ask Santa Claus for, and the joyful thrill while unpacking what we found under the Christmas tree. It might be because now we are the ones preparing the presents for our children and loved ones. It might be because during these feasts we are with our closest people and feel loved.

It might be because all of these together.

Whatever makes Christmas and New Year's presents so special, one thing can be said with certainty. Such emotion can be borne only by gifts that were wisely chosen. Even the most expensive item becomes an unpleasant memory, if the receiver finds it unaesthetic, unpractical, unwanted.

To avoid such situations, the best solution is to not buy inconsiderately, and not to equate higher price and better gift. The good Christmas present is the one that comes from the hearth, and that takes into consideration the character, individuality, the desires of the person it is dedicated to. Regardless of whether it is a piece of elegant jewellery, a cosmetic product, a book, a trip, a dinner at an exquisite restaurant, a garment, a bottle of wine or other beverage, a concert ticket, the choice of the present should match the receiver. When children and recent paramours are not concerned, you can just ask the receiver if not to name a particular item, then at least to provide some general idea of what they want.

With the advance of online shopping, more and more of us order our Christmas presents on the Internet. Indeed, this saves time and when we buy from established merchants we know that we don't need to worry about delivery dates, warranties, return options. Some items, however, such as luxury goods, are best chosen in a physical store. Only this way you can enjoy the pleasure of browsing and choosing from the variety, to be consulted by the specialists at the shop.

Whatever way do you choose for your Christmas shopping, leave yourself enough time for it. This task is too important to ruin it with the useless stress of last-minute shopping. Thus, without significant efforts but with well thought-over actions we will find the best presents for our loved ones, and will continue the tradition of Christmas and New Year being a time of shared warmth and loved. A time of gifts.

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