What to give on occasion and without?

Giving gifts is no less pleasant than receiving them. Nice presentations help people establish good relationships, show appreciation, talk about their feelings, or just please. You can give a gift on any special occasion or even without a reason - at the behest of your heart and soul. It is especially pleasant when we are given something unexpectedly and doubly pleasant, if the gift was long-awaited and is of great importance for the person being gifted. Whether it is a small child or an adult respectable person, people smile when they receive a present. Probably, for the sake of this happy moment, we give gifts to loved ones, while smiling with them.

The theme of the chosen gift directly depends on who we want to give it to and on what occasion. The most popular occasions when people give something to each other can be as follows.

• Birthday - on this occasion, almost any gifts that you can come up with, while showing your imagination, will be appropriate. If you are well acquainted with the birthday person or the birthday girl, then you probably know what this person is passionate about, what he likes to do, what his hobby is.

• Anniversary - such a reason happens when people celebrate some significant date for them. An anniversary can be not only for a person, but also, for example, for a company, a trade mark, and even just some kind of event. An anniversary can relate both to one person, called the hero of the day, and to a group of people.Often two people celebrate the event when they celebrate the anniversary of their wedding.

• wedding ceremony - gifts on this occasion have a solemn connotation. Usually, relatives and friends are invited to the wedding, therefore, beautiful objects for the arrangement of everyday life, luxury goods, travel vouchers, art objects, computer and household appliances, and dishes can be presented as gifts.

• Housewarming - this event is celebrated not only by a narrow circle of close people. Often, neighbors are invited to such a holiday in order to establish strong good-neighborly relations. To preserve the memory of this day, it is customary for new settlers to give gifts related to home and everyday life. It can be furniture, sets of dishes, carpets, potted plants, household appliances - in a word, everything that a person who equips his home may need.

• Birth or christening of a small child - this is a very exciting and memorable event for all family members and closest relatives, during which it is customary to give the baby's family such gifts that will be useful for the child. An appropriate and necessary gift can be a stroller, crib, bathtub, chest of drawers, high chair, floor swing, clothes and toys for the baby.

• New Year - both children and adults receive gifts during this holiday. Any things or objects, including sweets, can be used as a present. New Year's gifts can be symbolic or embody old dreams.

• February 23 - on this day in our country it is customary to congratulate all the male population. Gifts can be practical or symbolic. Often, women give men humorous gifts that are quite appropriate on such a holiday.

• March 8 - this spring day leaves no one indifferent - people rejoice at the arrival of spring and give each other fresh flowers. On such a holiday, men congratulate their wives, mothers, grandmothers, girlfriends and loved ones, as well as employees at work or classmates, classmates. Gifts can be in the form of flowers, candies, cosmetics, perfumes, ornaments.

Each year, each of us is repeatedly faced with the task of choosing a gift, although in fact it is not so difficult if you approach the solution with fiction, humor and good intentions.

At different age stages of life, a person is interested in certain types of gifts, and what pleased the baby today will be completely irrelevant in 10 years, and in another quarter of a century it may even seem absurd. A person grows, matures, changes and together with him his interests, ideas about life, values ​​grow and change.

When choosing a gift, it is imperative to take into account the age of the person to whom you are going to give it.

Babies are most often given soft toys, rattles, mechanical carousels for a cradle, knitted booties and hats, beautiful blanket envelopes for discharge from the hospital, romper suit and undershirts.

Kids will be interested in educational toys in the form of cubes, pyramids, a constructor for the development of hand motor skills, balls, dolls, soft toys, cars, swings, picture books. In addition, children are given clothes and sweets.

Growing up, the child begins to be interested in books with fairy tales, cartoons, sets for drawing, modeling, comics with pictures. Preschoolers are beginning to prepare with might and main for the fact that they will soon go to school, so they will be interested in developing games, the alphabet, educational computer programs.

Children at this age are very active and love to move, so a bike, skates, skateboard will be a win-win gift for them. Instead of fairy tales, they will be interested in books about adventures, travels, educational encyclopedias for children on a variety of topics. Cartoons and educational games will also be a good gift option, as well as sweets.

Teens will be happy if you give them something that will make them feel like adults. An excellent gift would be a visit to the quest room with friends, a trip to another city or even a country, a gym membership or a fitness club, fashionable things and shoes are also becoming relevant and desirable. Girls are becoming interested in cosmetics and perfumes, and young men at this age are very interested in computer games and gadgets.

This is the age of students, youth and activity, the creation of young families. Gifts can be related to hobbies, hobbies, sports, music, travel. Items for creating coziness in an apartment, on a personal plot and in a country house will be appropriate.

The age of maturity, self-realization, many opportunities, determination and victories. People can afford to give each other expensive and pleasant gifts. It can be elite tobacco or alcohol, rare collections of books, high-quality and sturdy accessories, art or antiques, as well as things that emphasize the status of a person.

In this segment of life, people, as a rule, have already taken place both in the family and in their careers. For many, there is a reassessment of life values ​​and not material goods, but human relations become important. Gifts can carry the purpose of creating beauty and comfort around the gifted. It can be a high-quality coffee machine, a set for holding a tea ceremony in the Chinese tradition, a beautiful table lamp, a large grandfather clock.

There may be gifts that will help in organizing outdoor activities - a set for cooking barbecue, an echo sounder for searching for fish in the river, a set of tools for car repair, an inflatable boat, a video camera. Women will be pleased to receive as a gift an elite brand perfume, a set of high-quality cosmetics, jewelry, wall tapestry panels, silverware.

At this stage of life, people, as a rule, reach a new level of spiritual values. Gifts for this age group are memorable. It can be an exclusive ivory chess set, a portrait of a birthday boy, a decorative malachite box, a mini-bar, a set for playing poker in a gift design, a silver tray with carvings and enamel.

For people of this age group, their memories and care of loved ones are very valuable. In this case, a beautifully designed photo collage with photographs of people close to the birthday man, a comfortable rocking chair, an outdoor electric fireplace, a collection of books by a favorite author, a set of elite varieties of tea, a beautiful home plant will be a good gift. If you know for sure that the birthday person will not mind and would like such a gift, then you can give him a little friend - a kitten, puppy or a parrot.

When choosing a gift, you do not need to strive to surprise someone with its value. The value of a gift lies in the warmth of the soul of the one who shares a part of himself with us and expresses it with the help of a gift. If you do not have a large amount, but really want to please your loved one, it is quite possible to choose a budget gift. Let's look at some examples of such presentations:

• for kids - a small soft toy, a book, sweets, a CD with cartoons, a kite, a ball, a board game, a set of watercolors or crayons and a sketchbook, comics, cubes, a mini-constructor, puzzles, a spoon with a personalized engraving, a piggy bank , photo album;

• for women - a coffee cup with a saucer, a mirror in a beautiful frame, a living plant in a pot or a bouquet, a set of potholders, a box of chocolates, a scarf or stole, a brooch, a manicure set, a lady's diary, an aroma lamp, a set of glasses, a flower vase, a small fruit basket , a box of cakes, a cushion, a cake dish, a photo frame, a decorative box;

• for men - alcohol in a gift box, a set of high-quality tea or coffee, a scarf-muffler, a leather belt, a branded or engraved fountain pen, a business card holder, a cigarette case, a famous brand's lighter, a CD with the recordings of your favorite artist, a diary or a notebook in a beautiful binding, tie, thermo mug, set of spinners for fishing.

When choosing a budget gift, it is best to try to make it not look like that - wrap it in paper with an original pattern or place it in a beautiful box.

Sometimes things with a practical focus can be welcome gifts. Such gifts can be useful in various life situations and often remind of the donor. Men and women find completely different things to be beneficial to themselves, so these lists will not look the same.

Useful things for men:

• multifunctional folding knife with multiple blades, corkscrew, screwdriver, pliers;
• compact set of mini-screwdrivers of various modifications, packed in a case;
• a personal set in a case for cleaning shoes, consisting of a small shoe brush, wet wipes, felt wipes for shoe polishing and shoe cream;
• road mini-chess, allowing you to play a game on a long journey, for example, in a train carriage;
• an organizer containing a small diary, a compartment for business cards, and a place for a fountain pen;
• a flashlight of any size, it can operate both from solar batteries and from finger batteries;
• a thermos or thermo glass, which is convenient to take with you on the road to keep your favorite tea or coffee hot and tasty;
• a pocket flask for cognac and a few small glasses - such a set is especially loved by men and will be a welcome gift for any occasion;
• a shaving travel kit, which is packed in a compact bag and contains a razor, shaving foam, shaving brush, emollient cream;
• a tape measure is a particularly necessary and always in demand item for most modern men.

Useful things for women:

• Compact mirror with an increasing effect.
• Foldable travel hairdryer small size and weight - it does not have additional attachments, but it will help you quickly dry your hair on a trip.
• Cosmetic bag - every woman who wears cosmetics has it and serves to store and carry it.
• Sewing kit, which includes several spools of multicolored threads, a set of sewing needles, a soft measuring tape, tailor's chalk, pins, small scissors for cutting the thread. Often such a set is packed in a plastic box with compartments or a basket with a small carrying handle.
• Foldable travel iron - when going on a long trip, you can never be sure that you will not need an iron upon arrival. This compact and lightweight electrical appliance has already helped out more than one woman and there is no doubt that this is a very useful thing.
• Picnic set, which includes several small-diameter plates, spoons, forks, knives, a corkscrew, napkins, wine glasses - in a word, everything you need to quickly serve an impromptu table for several people for outdoor recreation. Such a practical set is packed in a special compact basket or suitcase and looks very elegant at the same time.
• Travel set of containers for cosmetics - it consists of several bottles of 50-60 ml each, equipped with dispensers and nebulizers. Sometimes such a set may include a small funnel for easy pouring of a cosmetic product into a small bottle. In addition, there is a jar for the cream and a small spatula for it. All of these accessories are packed in a transparent plastic cosmetic bag, which is very convenient for checking in for a flight at the airport.

There are also useful, but necessary little things that are equally in demand among both men and women. For example, this is a foldable umbrella, sunglasses for protection from the sun, an inflatable headrest for travel, a key chain, a bookmark for a book.

A good gift can be an item that will be useful to a person in the process of his work. To find the right options, you need to know what processes, by the nature of your professional activity, the person to whom you want to make a gift is connected.

Let's look at some options for professions and try to find the appropriate gift:

• advocate - a high-quality portfolio or folder for papers made of genuine leather, a diary, a camera, a tie, cufflinks will be appropriate;

• banker - a variant of elite perfumery is possible, a Parker fountain pen, an expensive tie pin, a desk writing set, a pocket watch on a chain;

• doctor - portable battery for recharging a mobile phone, branded fountain pen, planning or organizer, wrist or desk clock, medical encyclopedia;

• designer - a good idea would be a computer flash drive, a wireless computer mouse, graphic computer programs with a license, an album of reproductions of paintings by your favorite artist, an organizer folder for a portfolio;

• confectioner will always find use for a set of baking dishes, a colorful book with recipes, a mixer with attachments, a set of measuring containers, a beautiful apron and a hat, a cake dish;

• marketer - a color printer, a book by Philip Kotler "Marketing Management", a photo or video camera, an organizer, a USB flash drive will be useful for this professional;

• hairdresser - an interesting option will be professional hair care products, a set of combs, a book with photographs and descriptions of hairstyles, an organizer for accessories;

• restorer - a creative person will like a set of oil paints and brushes, reproductions of works by famous artists or icon painters, a collection of books with historical essays;

• sommelier - for a wine connoisseur and connoisseur, a nice gift will be a set of glasses, a professional set of wine aromas, a mini wine rack, a miniature wine refrigerator for several bottles;

• teacher - an appropriate gift will be an organizer, a diary, a brand fountain pen, a laser pointer, a laptop bag, an organizer for CDs, a photo album;

• photographer - a set of photo lenses, a bag for a camera, a tripod, a memory card with Wi-Fi function, a waterproof case for a camera, a set for taking care of photographic equipment, a set of color filters may be very useful for him.

The gift that we want to give to a person should reflect our understanding of the significance of the work to which he devoted all of himself and his life. Before you find a really good present, with an emphasis on professional activity, you will probably have to study some kind of reference material. And if you do not spare your time and effort, your reward will be sincere joy and a smile of a loved one.

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