What to get for a man who needs nothing?
This is the ultimate guide to finding the right gift for anyone and everyone. Seriously. We at redditgifts have watched complete strangers put together, send, and receive a huge selection of tens and thousands of gifts within our online gift exchanges, and we've learned a thing or two.
We all understand that thing about how exactly Christmas is the most wonderful time of the season, but sometimes it can be the absolute most horrible time of the year.
Do you know what I'm talking about. Gift shopping.
"Oh, I don't need anything," your spouse says. But you know that isn't true. Then you can find your pals, parents, in-laws, and more. You could inquire further what they want, and, if you're really lucky, they'll tell you exactly and you are able to go buy it, but that takes all the romance from the event and makes it pretty impersonal. And you definitely absolutely don't desire to resort to purchasing the DVD of Transformers 2 at Wal-Mart because it had been for sale for $3 on Black Friday, along side plenty of other outdated and underwhelming movies.
This is the ultimate guide to finding the perfect gift for anyone and everyone. Seriously. We at redditgifts have watched complete strangers put together, send, and receive hundreds of tens of thousands of gifts in our online gift exchanges, and we've learned a thing or two (or nine) about why is a great gift.
1. Make the present an event. Get creative with the packaging! Rather than handing them a present in regular wrapping paper, consider the gifting experience as an event--and you wish to make sure they enjoy it. Hide his gift and send him on a scavenger hunt to get it. Rather than simply giving him a present card, hide a secret message in a Twilight book that sends him to the gift card code. Or sew her present into a giant stuffed shark so she has to accomplish surgery onto it to have it out. And never, ever, underestimate the sheer fun of unwrapping presents. Sometimes, quantity often means quality, when it's a number of small individually wrapped items.
2. Now, literally give an experience. She loves Les Mis but already has the book and the movie and the movie poster? Buy her tickets to begin to see the show. One of my all-time favorite gifts I've seen was a step-by-step mystery guide that sent the giftee to a cafe, bought him a Flying Spaghetti Monster dinner, and taken care of him and his date to play at the arcade.
3. Make an inventory of all of the things anyone is enthusiastic about and things that define who they are. Make this list long--spend at the least two full minutes writing down as numerous things as you can. Now brainstorm something to choose every item on that list, small or big. You don't have to provide all of those gifts, but you're going hitting on some cool ideas you wouldn't have otherwise, and once you combine a number of them, your giftee will appreciate how personal and thoughtful you were. One guy who is suffering from depression, loves science fiction, and can also be interested in male fashion got a potentially life-changing gift that was perfectly tailored to him. Somebody who loves bacon got a year-long gourmet bacon-of-the-month subscription. Hell yes.
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