Best Christmas Gift Ideas

The first question you have to ask yourself is quite logical and necessary. Who are you going to give a gift to: your mother, your partner, a friend? Based on that, you can start focusing on the next question.

Oh, keep this in mind too: it seems intuitive that if you spend more you'll give a better gift. Not so. The gift itself, the time and effort spent is what matters most.

Asking yourself this question will help you to focus on the person to whom you are going to give a gift and not on your own tastes when choosing a gift. Practice empathy, put yourself in their shoes and you will find it easy to choose a gift for that person.

It is not the same to give a gift to someone you know very well, than to an invisible friend for example.

A gift is a kind of symbol of your relationship. Think of something you have in common with the recipient. If you have the same affinity, it is likely that the person will like it.

If you know that person well, analyze what they spend their own time and money on, that will give you a clue as to what they really like. Make a list of interests and tastes of that person and it will be very simple to choose the perfect detail.

If you opt for the obvious, you will be right for sure, but you will not be too original. For example, if she really likes music and you give her something with that theme, there will be more people who think like you, give her something similar and you will stop being original.

Sometimes, something made with your own hands or personalized especially for her/him can be more special and of great sentimental value.

You should think about what you mean by it and how the other person might interpret it. When we give gifts, we try to visualize the moment when the gift is given and the smile on the recipient's face. Give them something that you know they will be excited about or that will be useful beyond the moment of opening it.