A Secret Gift Exchange Can Add That Extra Spark To Your Holiday Season
Every year it's the same the same old story... first there's the office cookie push, followed by gifts for the boss, the neighbors, your co-workers, your children's teachers... the list goes on and on, as does the shopping.
The never-ending-cycle of trying to come up with the perfect holiday gift for everybody on your list without breaking the bank or losing your sanity fighting the crowds at the mall on your Saturday off. Well, this year why not try something new? Actually, it's an old tradition, but one worth revisiting: a Secret Santa, White Elephant or Yankee Swap gift exchange can take some of the pressure off of finding the perfect gift for that new co-worker whose name you can never quite remember but who greets you like clockwork every day.
Gift exhanges like the ones listed above work not only because they take the pressure off to find the perfect gift, but because they can help you stick to your budget, as gift exchanges often have set spending limits, most of which are usually in the ten to fifteen dollar range. Gift swaps also allow for an opportunity to bring into play that special talent, such as cooking or baking, or anything else in the realm of creativity, and in the case of a White Elephant gift exchange can be quite entertaining as people can be most creative in their gift giving; watching Jim from accounting be the end recipient of a pair of pink fuzzy dice might seem trivial, but you know it will make you smile all year long when you walk past them hanging on his office door and remember the look on his face when he pulled them out of the box.
Just remember, when implementing a gift exchange this holiday season to make sure that everyone is familiar with the rules of the exchange and that everyone has a chance to be included and finally, that your office management supports the gift exchange in order to avoid an unpleasant post-holiday reprimand. Other than that, sit back and enjoy the fruits of your brilliance. You deserve it.
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The never-ending-cycle of trying to come up with the perfect holiday gift for everybody on your list without breaking the bank or losing your sanity fighting the crowds at the mall on your Saturday off. Well, this year why not try something new? Actually, it's an old tradition, but one worth revisiting: a Secret Santa, White Elephant or Yankee Swap gift exchange can take some of the pressure off of finding the perfect gift for that new co-worker whose name you can never quite remember but who greets you like clockwork every day.
Gift exhanges like the ones listed above work not only because they take the pressure off to find the perfect gift, but because they can help you stick to your budget, as gift exchanges often have set spending limits, most of which are usually in the ten to fifteen dollar range. Gift swaps also allow for an opportunity to bring into play that special talent, such as cooking or baking, or anything else in the realm of creativity, and in the case of a White Elephant gift exchange can be quite entertaining as people can be most creative in their gift giving; watching Jim from accounting be the end recipient of a pair of pink fuzzy dice might seem trivial, but you know it will make you smile all year long when you walk past them hanging on his office door and remember the look on his face when he pulled them out of the box.
Just remember, when implementing a gift exchange this holiday season to make sure that everyone is familiar with the rules of the exchange and that everyone has a chance to be included and finally, that your office management supports the gift exchange in order to avoid an unpleasant post-holiday reprimand. Other than that, sit back and enjoy the fruits of your brilliance. You deserve it.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Miles_Hopper
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