Six secrets to special stocking fillers
- Secret 1: Keep your stocking fillers small
- For obvious reasons, small is best when it comes to stocking fillers. If you want that trusty stocking to make it through the present unwrapping frenzy in one piece, then remember to leave room for little (and big) hands to fish the presents out.
- Everyone enjoys unwrapping Christmas presents and by keep your stocking fillers small you can savour the excitement. Even if your family and friends are champions when it comes to unwrapping Christmas pressies quickly, it will still take them longer to unwrap three small stocking fillers than one large one.
- Secret 2: Choose lightweight stocking fillers
- OK, so weight is a topic people generally tend to ignore at Christmas, but spare a thought for Santa. Make life easy for the lucky individual who gets to lug the stockings around and choose some light stocking fillers to make the lifting and carrying easy. (This also helps when it comes to moving the presents post-opening.)
- Secret 3: Stocking fillers are fun
- Spread joy and merriment at Christmas by making someone else smile. Fun, bright and lighthearted stocking fillers are an excellent way of spreading the Christmas spirit.
- Secret 4: Make stocking fillers personal
- It means so much more to receive a personal gift. Putting care and thought into stocking fillers counts. Whether it be choosing a stocking filler in their favourite colour, a stocking filler associated with their favourite pastime or hobby, or a stocking filler that they will get use out of every day, there are plenty of suitable stocking fillers out there if you put your mind to it.
- Secret 5: Go for quality not quantity of stocking fillers
- The mistake many people make at Christmas is to assume quantity is better than quality. Don't be fooled, buying cheap gifts is often a false economy - what you save in money up front, you are often sacrificing in quality. Instead you want to assess price and quality. Much better to spend a fraction more and be assured that you are getting a quality stocking filler that will last Christmas day and beyond than skimp and have a stocking filler that falls apart.
- Secret 6: Think practical stocking fillers
- Don't underestimate the humble stocking filler. Even the simplest of gifts with a practical purpose can have a big impact on daily life by making things just that little bit easier. For example, does he love to read, but keep losing his place? A bookmark will stop him losing the plot and prevent the book becoming dogeared from turned down pages. Is she sick of picking towels up off the floor? Solve the problem with towel clips. Does she spend ages scrabbling around in her handbag to find her door/car keys? Make them easier to identify and pull out with a unique shaped key ring.
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