The Best Gifts for Christmas 2010
By John Disque
The Christmas season is here again. It's now being considered fiction that the day after Thanksgiving is the busiest shopping day of the year. The fact is that the Saturday before Christmas is the busiest day. However, for a few reasons, the day after Thanksgiving is the smartest shopping day of the year. There are four keys to this year's buying: Give something that will last forever, give something that promotes conversation, give something that upgrades their technology-status, give something that gives the person bragging rights.
There are four keys to this year's buying: Give something that will last forever, give something that promotes conversation, give something that upgrades their technology-status, give something that gives the person bragging rights.
The best gifts this year are:
Gift Certificates – These might be boring, non-personal gifts to give but people still like to receive them so they can get what they really want or need. Furthermore, no one has to know what he or she purchased.
Gift Certificates from Amazon.com
DVDs – People will always love movies. It gives them a chance and a reason to escape from their own daily lives and into the world of relaxation and popcorn.
DVD's from Amazon.com
Nintendo Wii – Love a challenge but don't feel like getting out of your robe and out into the real world? Word will get around real quick and you'll be the star of your neighborhood. Interact with friends and family and watch your living room fill with people that you don't even like.
Nintendo Wii from Amazon.com
Jewelry – The great thing about diamonds and gold is that they don't reduce in value. Like antiques they become prized conversation pieces that often stay within the family for centuries. Be careful with this one. Like clothes, people have their own unique taste in jewelry. Before you buy anything, pay strict attention to what the person is wearing today and then comment on it. That should lead you into a conversation about what the person has wanted for years. If you can somehow make the gift personalized, such as having their name engraved, they will treasure it for the rest of their life.
Digital Camera – Many people are anxious to catch up with today's technology, but they simply don't want to spend their money on luxuries. Spend it for them and prepare to have your picture taken.
Digital Cameras
Apple iPod – Apple continues to upgrade everything. Those who figured it out will want one and those who haven't soon will. Again the technology industry will take over this year. Many people still don't know what an iPod is, but they will figure it out real quick and wonder how they ever got along without it.
Apple iPod
Vacations – Give your mother a trip to Hawaii and call yourself one proud son or daughter.
Scrap Book Packages - They might not be the most valuable thing people own, but they'll always be the most valued. When people have a home emergency they'll grab their portable safe, their pictures and their scrapbooks. This is one gift where you can't go wrong.
Whether you're a last minute shopper, a sale shopper or an online shopper all of us at the Knoxville Daily Sun wish you a safe, healthy, happy Christmas.
