Delight your children with books and CDs with a Christmas theme.

Delight your children with special books and CDs with a Christmas theme. Some of us grew up with Christmas annuals but now there are lots of picturebooks for young children with all sorts of Christmassy themes.  They work as gifts, stocking fillers and can be kept to be part of your family traditions. Here are [...]

The practice of sending Christmas cards to all and sundry has died which is not necessarily a bad thing.  All those dead trees to send cards with impersonal messages and make people feel guilty that they hadn’t sent one back. Now we tend to keep in touch online and we send fewer but more meaningful [...]

Carols, songs, movies and poems are part of the fabric of Christmas — creating the atmosphere, encouraging us to share language and laughter. Christmas-themed books, CDs, DVDs and sheet music become keepsakes that come out year after year. They provide activities and entertainment at Christmas parties and also make great gifts and stocking fillers. Can [...]

As how you give becomes more prominent, the volume and value of the gift(s) becomes less important. Where, and when, do you open your Christmas gifts?

Every family will have at least one member who is concerned about climate change and consumerism – and another who loves seeing lots of presents under the tree. How do you negotiate this divide? Here are some gift ideas for so you can have your gifts without the conflict, and to bring you closer together [...]

Christmas hampers are one of the most popular gifts. A good hamper provides a feeling of luxury and plenty… and you get that by concentrating on quality rather than quantity. A few good-quality, branded items are worth much more than lots of anonymous stuff that you’d never buy for itself and which invariably sits in [...]

For some unfathomable reason children are encouraged to write letters to Santa and Christmas wishlists. Are Letters to Santa a Good Idea?

Imagine writing your Christmas wishlist and getting exactly what is on it – no more, no less. Would you be pleased?

Gift vouchers for online stores add a lot of flexibility to gift giving. Most shops offer automated vouchers which means you can buy them at the very last minute. For the gift recipient, it means they can choose what they want at a time that suits them. Here are some online stores with direct links [...]

Small and large corporate gifts, including food hampers and experience vouchers to suit all ages and tastes.

I must admit to being a lifelong jigsaw fan, and although I rarely do them these days, I still find it impossible to resist when I see a part-completed jigsaw on someone’s table.

Last Minute – Instant Vouchers There’s a lot to be said for the old practice of having a present drawer with some generic, unisex gifts. Failing that you can go online and buy a gift voucher, experience voucher, magazine subscription or book a holiday. You can buy vouchers and select to receive the voucher by [...]

Buy gifts and Christmas cards from a charity shop this Christmas. Quirky and luxury gifts that also help others.

Secret Santa gift ideas for men, women and children. Gifts for under $10 and under $20

Small gifts for chlidren, teenagers and adults. Fun, useful, traditional and quirky Christmas gifts.