Coming up with Christmas gift ideas that will be original yet appreciated by the person receiving them isn't always easy.
Birthdays are fairly easy.
For a start, they don't all arrive at once, so you have time to get your creative juices flowing.
Choosing Christmas gifts is different.
You need to buy presents for everyone from the youngest niece or nephew, through to grandparents.
Sometimes you may not meet these people very often and the decision isn't made any easier by the relative lack of knowledge.
If you know the person concerned, it could be that they have been kind enough to drop some hints into your conversations with them.
Providing these hints aren't too obscure, those kind of conversations can be life savers.
But what do you do about the other people you need to buy Christmas gifts for? You could take the easy way out by buying a gift voucher, but that doesn't look very impressive when it's wrapped up below the Christmas tree.
DVD sets are often a good choice.
Especially if you know one or two of their favorite films or television shows.
Amazon's feature of "people who bought this also bought ...
" can really come in handy for choosing a present that shows you put some time and thought into it.
If you've got the time and creative energy to make a really personalized gift, that can work very well.
Anything from a scrapbook covering the year in words and pictures through to a DVD you've made from photos and music.
There's a lot of software available nowadays that makes this kind of exercise a lot less daunting than it would have been even a few years ago.
Personalized presents that are ordered online can also make good gifts.
You can create t-shirts, mugs, mouse mats and all kind of other presents at the click of a mouse.
They're then delivered to your doorstep a few days later, ready for you to wrap and give for Christmas.
Other personalized gifts can include naming stars, buying land on the moon and even preserving an important minute of time!