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Britons waste billions on unwanted Christmas gifts


December 4th, 2007 Posted in Christmas Gifts | No Comments »

Britons waste 2.3 billion pounds every year on unwanted Christmas presents, and almost a third of them wind up being sold online after the festive season.

More than three-quarters of 1,400 adults surveyed for charity World Vision said they waste up to 50 pounds on unwanted gifts every Christmas.

Of the hundreds of thousands of unwanted gifts received each year, 39 percent gather dust in a cupboard and 28 percent are later sold on the Internet.

A quarter of the population spends up to 300 pounds on gifts for friends and family each year, the survey shows.

But almost 60 percent who waste money on unwanted Christmas presents said they would rather spend that money on themselves than give it to charity.

The research also shows that more than a quarter of Britons cannot remember what anyone bought them for Christmas last year.

Half of men and 43 percent of women could not even recall what their partners gave them.

World Vision undertook the research to coincide with the launch of its catalogue selling gifts that aim to help people in poverty around the world. They include a mosquito net for 5 pounds and a toilet for 34 pounds.

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Christmas Gifts Ideas


November 22nd, 2007 Posted in Christmas Gifts | No Comments »

Well, Christmas is almost here again! Yes, the most peaceful vacation is coming up, yet many people are also starting to feel anxiety about buying gifts, especially if they are inexpensive Christmas gift ideas. Yes, there is time to write down the lists and such, but when it comes to having good ideas it can get pretty tricky, trust me I know for one. When you’re thinking about the person whom you’re giving the gift to think about what makes him or her interesting and unique from everybody else. If you think and think and can’t come up with something cool then you could always go for a Christmas gift basket, which never fails. However, that may not be one of the best Christmas gift ideas for wife around.

Christmas celebrates the birth of Jesus. The date as a birth date for Jesus is fixed, and is not considered to be his real date of birth. Around the world, Christmas Day is celebrated on December 25.

The word “Christmas” is an abbreviation of two words “Christ’s mass” and is consequential from the Middle English Christemasse and Old English Cristes mæsse, a phrase first recorded in 1038. In early Greek versions of the New Testament, the letter ? (chi), is the first letter of Christ (???????). Since the mid-16th century ?, or the similar Roman letter X, was used as an abbreviation for Christ. Thus, Xmas is an abbreviation for Christmas.

Some of the many popular Christmas decorations are: Christmas tree (Evergreen) Christmas tree ornaments including the stars, ribbons, and hand-crafted work or children Mistletoe placed above the front door Santa Clause statues and figurines Candy Canes & festive cookies Stockings and festive boots Snowmen figurines such as Frosty The Snowman Gingerbread houses Festive cookies and sweets of many types. Depending on which side your fried fruit cake is buttered, Christmas decorations are either a bit of festive fun or tacky tat, typifying a pagan festival hijacked by Christians who were later muscled out by mammonists. Christmas wreaths may be fresh as well as artificial.

Christmas candles: To decorate the Christmas tree with Christmas candles is a tradition that dates back to the 16th century – the time when the Christmas tree was first brought into a living room.

Christmas balls: As far back as three hundred years ago, glass balls were already used as Christmas decorations. In many families, Christmas decorating traditions and decorations are passed on from generation to generation. However, every year, new decorations are purchased to replace the old or if new inspiration is needed.

If you know the person to who you are giving well enough, then it becomes far more interesting. Just think about how you can make that person happy. Did they happen to mention they wanted something specific? Sometimes those close to us tell us exactly what gift they want, but we have so many things in our minds that we totally forget. Or maybe you might happen to remember some comment from them such as -I would love to have this item-, that always hits the sweet spot. There are lots of cheap Christmas gift ideas and Christmas gifts for Christian women.

Maybe you don’t even have to give an object; you could also come up with a fun event idea such as going to the restaurant or the theme park. Even a couple of movie tickets can do the trick. These are great for Christmas gift ideas for couples. Another way to go about all this is to think of Christmas gifts to make such as personalized cards. Don’t buy the pre-made stuff that everybody gives! Start out with a white sheet of paper and a pencil and watch the smiles pop forth

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