Presents Your Mum Already got for Christmas

Christmas is uncomfortably close and for the insane few who have already started to care who’s getting what, the Christmas ideas list will already be forming. If you are one of these few then you’ll be so good at unique gift ideas that you can make a small paper quilt from them, which roughly translates to 2000 if your handwriting is the same size as this text. Let it be known that you’re not a very common breed. Present buyers across the world are plagued with the need to buy average presents at every turn, and the biggest victims of these situations are mothers.

Here are some of the classic cliché presents that your mother will almost certainly have received before. Not all of them will be utterly tiresome, there is a slight pleasure in repeat gifts, but when done in moderation and with thought and sentimentality, not just because they’re on offer. If you’re still struggling after, check out www.gettingpersonal.co.uk/christmas-gifts/for-mum for presents for mum.

Chocolates

It’s taking a really long time, but Thornton’s is dying. People are beginning to see that the Continental Selection is not the pinnacle of gifting, and we’re probably all the better for it.

They’re hardly a sinister gift, but neither are they unique. You can guarantee that most people in Britain will receive some form of cocoa-based snack at some point during this Christmas, mother included, so they’re not the way to go if you want something different they are not the way forwards.

There are a few newcomers making their way into the mass market. Brands like Hotel Chocolat have been offering a slightly edgier take on the chocolate world. From slabs to puddles, worth considering if you want to keep up the routine of chocolate without it all becoming a bit stale.

Flowers

Boo. Unless you’re going to go all out on some proper weird floristry, they will have seen them all before and rarely will they be impressed. Petrol station flowers are a regular baddy on any list of what people should buy as presents. Think twice before doing so yourself.

Earrings

They have some potential for saviour in the fact that they have a lot of variations, but those ones you’ve been eyeing up in H. Samuels will not cut it.

That said, some earrings can be really special. If the mother in question has wanted them for a long time and you’ve been good at saving up then you can go for it. Knock yourself out with earrings.

Perfume

Another that relies heavily on the quality. If you pick something because you stumbled across it rather than actively seeking it because it’s something you know the person likes, be prepared for a fall.

Something personalised

All of the above can come under this category so we have to be general here, but now we live in the future we have lasers and stuff that can personalise gifts in nearly every way possible. These make things that may otherwise be simply a good gift into something really special.

About the Author

Sandra is one of the millions for whom Christmas is their favourite time of year. She gets a lot of chocolates for Christmas.