It’s the holiday season!! Despite its reoccurrence each year, we still make the terrible mistake of not planning amply on what gifts to obtain. So much to do, so little time. You may have missed out on the early Christmas shopping, but don’t worry – we’ve got you.
It’s always a blissful experience when we make our loved ones feel special every Christmas by presenting gifts. But the big question here is, how do you tackle this problem?
Well, lucky you. I’ve made that exhausting exploration into a simplified process for you. No need to rally around about what holiday presents to get because we have prepared a list of the perfect last-minute gifts to get your loved ones this Christmas. So brace-up and head on down with me because you are going to love this!
1. Special Gift Hamper
A Christmas gift hamper is a brilliant last-minute buy for your parents or older relative. It can contain an assortment of bottled wine, beverages, biscuits, and other alluring items.
Ideally, you can purchase a previously packaged hamper, but you can personalize your gift hamper depending on what type of person your recipient is. If they don’t drink alcohol, it’s advisable to add non-alcoholic wines or soft drinks, beverages, fancy food items. And don’t forget to add Christmas specials like a Christmas card.
2. Experience Gifts
How can you gift someone an experience gift? Instead of physical gifts, you can create a memorable experience as a gift, and it will be treasured and remembered for a long time. Try this with a loved one, like your mom, and she will always treasure this gift.
Now you are all grown up, you may not have been always indisposed to show your mom enough love and attention, this is an opportunity to make up for the busy times.
Give her an experience. Go on a vacation with her, take her to see a monolith, to a game reserve, learn something new with her, or buy her a long-desired online course; there’s a long list of activities you could do together. Just make sure she has an interest in the activity. For instance, if she is not a football fan, don’t bore her by taking her to the live event, try something else.
For example, my mother is a wrestling fan, so purchasing tickets to a wrestling show is a nice Christmas gift for her, although an online subscription would be most practical since we are currently social distancing. In addition to that, you both could bring back souvenirs from your getaway. Experiences leave a lasting print on our memories.
3. Teddy bear
This old but gold classical gifting idea is still great for kids. Most kids love teddies.
For this Christmas, get your kid a life-size stuffed teddy bear or a pint-sized bear, they are available in different sizes. Just make sure the kid does not find Teddy bears terrifying. This gift will get them smiling all through the holiday, and keep them company while we remain in self-isolation during the Covid pandemic. Do not forget to get a pretty shirt for the teddy bear saying something nice or making reference to Christmas.
For example, words that say, “Merry Christmas my pumpkin or Daddy loves ya!” Most times, the shirt comes with the bear, but nothing stops you from procuring a top and printing your own words. Found this on Jumia with a price tag of between 5000NGN and 6000NGN, and it looks pretty cute!
4. BB Artistry New Collection Clothing Items
For your woman, beautiful clothing items like the mini-damask dress from the BB Artistry New collection is the to-die-for the perfect last-minute Christmas gift. For the love of African handcrafted timeless designs, these classically styled dresses would get her blushing red as a pony!
5. Dandy Watch Gift Set
For your man, this wood watch gift set will get him wowing and beaming. A picture-perfect personal gift for him that will be cherished for a very long time, comes with a personalized engraving, one that would keep reminding him that it’s a gift from you on Christmas.
There are tons of luxury watch gift sets from known brands, choose from your choice of brands of great quality and do whatever you want with it to improve its value before gifting him.
Check out this classy leather watch gift set on Olist at a price tag of $57. 33 and I thought you might like it. So to purchase, go on to Olist.com
Or better still, completely wow him with this Louis the 13th Clutch Bag!
6. A box of chocolates
What simpler way to appreciate a close friend than a box of chocolates! There’s nothing left to say, but to package this simple gift in a colourful gift wrap and artistically crafted ribbons. Put them in an attractively patterned Christmas gift bag and then, surprise your best friend.
7. Gift Voucher
You can do no wrong with gift vouchers. Gift Vouchers are a perfect last-minute gift that gets your loved ones surfing online stores to purchase those items they need or want. Let them have fun purchasing what they like from their favorite online retailers or shops.
On vouchers, a supervisor once said, “I don’t have to ask my nephew what he wants – it takes the pressure off.” And you’d have to agree – it’s a simple and effective gift.
That said, I know you will do a good job at making the right picks of the gift for your special ones this holiday from all I have listed above. Even though Christmas this year may not be that enjoyable as the previous years but know that you and your loved one need to give yourselves a break and have fun.
So buy that Christmas tree, personalize the glittering-culture accessories to your taste, embellish your home and surprise your loved ones with any of these affordable gifts. What else do you think makes a good last-minute gift for your loved ones, let us know in the comment section. For now, have a merry Christmas!