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Christmas is one of the most special times of the year. Theres the magic of love, the warmth of family, and the excitement of gifts to come that start months before December rolls in! If youre not dreaming of what gifts you may get, you may be busy planning what gifts to get for your loved ones. Both friends and family often vie with each other to get the most loved gift of all for their special ones. Christmas gift ideas may be the one thing that occupies the minds of all in the weeks leading up to Christmas.
How to choose the best Christmas gifts for her
The her in your life may be your mother, wife, girlfriend, best friend, aunt, daughter, granddaughteranybody who you love and has had a major impact on your life! It has been said many times that buying a gift for a woman is the most difficult thing of all but the difficulty level only depends on how well you know her! Yes, if you have a fairly good idea about her interests, hobbies, passions, it should not be difficult to get her a gift which she will treasure for a long time to come.
So, the first thing to do, to make your Christmas shopping easier, would be to take a piece of paper and draw three columns down the paper. Write down the names of all the special women in your life who you want to buy a gift for in the first column. In the next column, write down her hobbies/interests/passions that you know of (or you could discreetly find out from her or from her friends!). In the last column, write down some gift ideas that match the interests of hers.
The best thought out gift is the most memorable one
Gifts that are selected with a lot of care and concern for the person will be appreciated and loved and remembered for a long time to come, no matter what their monetary value may be. The closer the gift is aligned to the personal interests of the person, the more memorable it will be.
For example, for a person who is interested in cooking or baking, you could get recipe books, special kitchen utensils or equipment which you know she doesnt have and would love to have. The best idea of all would be to get Christmas gift vouchers for cooking classes. These are available in different price ranges and in different cuisines. So for example, if you know that she loves Asian cooking, you could get her a voucher for a Thai, Japanese, Vietnamese, or Bali cooking class.
For those who are into experiences, there is nothing better than gifting them vouchers for market tours or street food tours that will give them a five-sensory journey through the culture and history of a particular culinary tradition. This will be a unique and unforgettable experience that will open up new vistas of knowledge for them which they may have never been aware of before.
Today, there are a lot of services which offer out of the box ideas for Christmas gifts. An example, as listed above, is the exotic cooking classes and tours of special areas that are related to food, such as the Queen Victoria Market and tours that explore the Vietnamese influence in Little Saigon. There are special Christmas gift vouchers for these classes as well as for the experience tours. With a minimum age of just 8 years for these classes, you can also gift them to the budding chef in your family and be sure of gifting her an experience she will never forget!
