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I must ashamedly tell you…I’m a gift klutz.  No, I don’t stumble and break them before giving.  My problem is that I have an impossible time deciding.  I’m just plain terrible at coming up with original gift ideas.  My solution, as you may have guessed by this time, is the Internet.

The web has plenty of both traditional and non-traditional present ideas  Of course I know that a lot of the people making suggestions are actually trying to get me to spend my hard earned money.  Actually, I don’t even object to that.  I’d actually be willing to pay someone just to make the decision for me, so why not buy their products if they can come up with good ideas.  In my country, that’s the patriotic way to look at it!

Where else except the Internet could I have learned that I could send my mom a New York style cheesecake instead of the same boring chocolate cake I usually sent her?  Fortunately, I can stretch this one idea out for many years simply by changing the flavor of cheesecake from one birthday to the next.

My daughter, who apparently gets her creative gift giving skills from me, found a jewelry idea for her aunt (on the good side of the family–not mine).  It worked out beautifully for her but it raised the bar to a higher standard for me.

You can find gift ideas by searching for age groups, say teenagers (with whom I most the most trouble) and children.  You can also use a search engine to find articles recommending gifts of all the gift giving occasions from Bat Mitzvahs or Easter, birthdays to graduations, or even what I lovingly refer to as the “Hallmark holidays,” such as Valentine’s Day or Sweetest Day or take your terrier to work day.  You can even search by the category of the item that you want to give.  For example, you might know that you want to give a video game for a Playstation, a piece of jewelry that includes diamonds (you’ve just moved out of my price range) or even a gift for a dog.

There are lots of entire website pages and sites created for gift klutzes just like me where people publish ideas.  It seems that they have so many ideas they can afford to give them away.  If you have any great gift ideas, consider sharing them with me so that I can steal them from you and take the credit.  Just publish them online.  Thanks, in advance.

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I must ashamedly tell you…I’m a gift klutz.  No, I don’t stumble and break things before giving.  Whenever it is gift-giving time, it just takes me an extremely long time to move beyond the decision stage.  I’m just plain terrible at coming up with original gift ideas.  I’m sure you’ve already discovered the solution to my despair: the Internet.

The Internet is full of the usual and the unusual when it comes to gift suggestions.  Of course I know that a lot of the people making suggestions are actually trying to get me to spend my hard earned money.  Actually, I don’t even object to that.  I’d actually be willing to pay someone just to make the decision for me, so why not buy their products if they can come up with good ideas.  I’m an American, and we think of that as patriotism.

Where else except the Internet could I have learned that I could send my mom a New York style cheesecake instead of the same boring chocolate cake I usually sent her?  Yes, I am clever enough that now I figured out on my own that I can even radically change to a different cheesecake flavor!

My daughter, who apparently gets her creative gift giving skills from me, found a jewelry idea for her aunt (on the good side of the family–not mine).  While it turned out well for her, it made me jealous!

You can find gift ideas by searching for age groups, say teenagers (with whom I most the most trouble) and children.  You can also use a search engine to find articles recommending gifts of all the gift giving occasions from Bat Mitzvahs or Easter, birthdays to graduations, or even what I lovingly refer to as the “Hallmark holidays,” such as Valentine’s Day or Sweetest Day or take your terrier to work day.  If you already have the beginnings of an idea, which is already one step ahead of me, you can conduct a search for a product category.  For example, you might know that you want to give a video game for a Playstation, a piece of jewelry that includes diamonds (you’ve just moved out of my price range) or even a gift for a dog.

There are lots of entire websites dedicated to people who give gift ideas for gift klutzes like me to steal and claim them as our own.  If you happen to be one of those sorts of blessed people with too many ideas to use yourself, please put them online so that I can find them or you could just send the item directly to me and I’ll forward it to my favorite recipient.  You can count on my everlasting appreciation.

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