6 horrible Christmas gift ideas to avoid
Gifter, before you decide to buy something for your friends, neighbors, family or relatives, be careful what you are doing may harm your recipients. While this statement seems harsh and you have the best intentions to wish your recipient the best, some of the ideas we talk about here are actually a nightmare and do a lot of harm to your recipients than bringing up Christmas cheer! So, we recommend that you steer clear of our list of six horrible gift ideas that we are about to discuss:
Horrible Gift Idea No. 1: Elements that give a “smart” clue to a recipient’s problem
For this idea, you tell your recipient that they have some problem that they need to make a change in their life. While we think it’s a polite way of saying it, it actually causes more pain and trouble than it’s worth. For example, gifts like weight loss books, an audiobook on how to help them with their memory, or even a book to teach them how to find the right boy or girl. When your recipients receive your gift, they may just think that you are calling them fat, dumb, or that a person just can’t meet good people to be in a relationship with. While you may not have this kind of intention, some of your recipients may feel this way. So these kinds of gifts will only cause pain and depression more than the opposite of what you expect.
Horrible Gift Idea No. 2: Don’t think about your gift
Well, for this kind of idea, you might just be giving nothing instead of giving away anything that your recipient doesn’t even use or can’t use at all. Things like body jewelry that the recipient doesn’t have their ear on, a Buddha t-shirt for a Christian, or a bottle of wine for a hepatitis B patient are just a few examples we come up with. If you don’t show heart on your gift, why bother giving it away in the first place? Those of whom you called friends may just appreciate it.
Horrible Gift Idea No. 3: Extremely large coffee table books
The thinking behind this type of gift often gives the impression that the larger the gift wrapping, the more value it has and therefore will make the recipient
happy! Well, we have to admit, books can make a great gift, but if you can gift a full-size or pocket-sized one, the recipient may be even happier!
Horrible Gift Idea No. 4: Gifts that recipients cannot give or exchange We all want our recipients to love our gifts, but we cannot 100% guarantee that we will get it right. Therefore, do not give a gift from a store that does not even exist in the recipient’s part of the country unless you are sure you want this type of item. Otherwise, your recipient will be upset and potentially disappointed.
Horrible Gift Idea No. 5: Repeat what you have given the previous year We realize that we are all busy and sometimes we have forgotten about a vacation or a special event.
occasion and we are desperate to get one. We just know that we don’t have time to shop and what we do is look around what we bought last year and just repeat the same gift to the same person! The problem is after the fact of doing it, you are immense with the guilt that you feel afterwards. In our opinion, every action you took always had a cost. So think twice before doing it.
The Ultimate Horrible Gift Idea No. 6: “Fake” gifts
When it comes to “fake” gifts, I do not mean that the products themselves are replicas of famous brands, but that those “gifts” are actually what you want, rather what the recipient would like. By doing so, you expect your recipient to return your gift, because they don’t like it! Well this is really awful and in fact this kind of trick will backfire on you, so don’t do it! If you want it for yourself, buy it and don’t fake it with your wrong intention to give in the first place! At last, as a rule of thumb, buy for others and then buy for yourself and your recipients, and you will be happy!