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 Every year we puzzle over who and what to give for the New Year. How can you please your loved ones for the holidays? Any New Year's gift should be meaningful, and New 2013 is the year of the Water Lily, which appreciates serious deeds, eternal family values and does not like idle talk. Therefore, the gift should be given from a pure heart. Simply putting gifts under the tree, inviting many guests into the house, is boring and corny.
Wrap small gifts in beautiful paper, tying them with rain and decorating the Christmas tree with them - then each invited guest will be able to remove from the Christmas tree a gift intended specifically for him.
For your family, you can arrange such a presentation of gifts: after hiding gifts for household members throughout the apartment, write tips on small pieces of paper that will help them find their gift.
A present for a loved one can be left in the glove compartment of his car if you are going to “travel” with him on New Year's Eve. Or you can present several small gifts that can be wrapped in a separate layer of paper and assembled into one, like a nesting doll. Layer by layer, a loved one can reveal the paper for every New Year's wish.
When presenting gifts, you should adhere to "gift etiquette": this will help protect you from all sorts of ambiguous situations.
A woman should not give a man-colleague a gift of toilet items (cufflinks, ties) - a man can take this as a hint of closer communication. An exception may be items of clothing with the logo of the company in which both the donor and the gifted work. When choosing a gift for colleagues, sweets should be excluded: even if a male colleague is a terrible sweet tooth, such a present can cast doubt on its significance.
It is better to give souvenirs or various manufactory products (a snake figurine that will bring financial well-being and good luck next year; books from a limited collection; elite varieties of tea or coffee; spectacular stationery). It is appropriate to give such gifts to both female colleagues and men.
The authorities should not give a personal expensive gift (you don't want to get the nickname of a sucker, do you?): Better present a general present by decorating it with postcards with wishes from everyone.
Since every woman has her own taste and her favorite brands, you shouldn't give perfume and cosmetics to a friend, sister, mother-in-law - it is better to present them with a gift card to a cosmetics store. Also, you should not give kitchen utensils (pans), unless, of course, the woman herself asks you to present her with such a gift.
A good accessory (belt, scarf, wallet, gloves) will be an ideal gift for your sister and girlfriend.
When choosing a gift for a brother, father-in-law, a friend, you should immediately refuse gifts in the form of underwear or socks. The best gift for a man will be one that is associated with a car (many men are avid motorists): seat covers; fragrance, pillow in the salon. Do not neglect computer gadgets (mice, flash drives and other computer accessories).
It is difficult for children to choose a gift, and this is a difficult task for mothers and fathers, but, as a rule, children themselves suggest what they would like to receive as a gift. But if in doubt, kits for creativity would be an ideal gift for a child; games and puzzles; coloring and "magic" chests.
As for the universal gifts, these include: a blanket, a thermos, a French press, a cup warmer.
The above gift options will help you cope with such a difficult task as the choice of a gift and the originality of its presentation.
Sukhova E.I.
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