{"id":23,"date":"2007-10-15T09:42:02","date_gmt":"2007-10-15T13:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/personalized-christmas-cards\/christmas-gift-buying-unique-without-stress\/"},"modified":"2025-11-27T01:03:51","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T06:03:51","slug":"christmas-gift-buying-unique-without-stress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/personalized-christmas-cards\/christmas-gift-buying-unique-without-stress\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Gift Buying \u2013 How To Be Unique Without the Stress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s that time again\u2026to start wondering how I will wish my friends and family a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/christmascards\/merrychristmascards.htm\">Merry Christmas<\/a><\/strong> this year. I already began brainstorming a list of people that I\u2019d like to buy a gift for. It always seems that this list gets bigger and bigger each year. This year\u2019s list is already up to 30 people, but I guess that\u2019s what happens when you have a close knit family.<\/p>\n<p>It can be difficult and stressful having to buy Christmas gifts for so many people. This is especially true for me as I have been known to give very unique gifts. In a way, I think this has put me at a disadvantage because my family and friends now have very high expectations for my Christmas gifts. Two years ago, I thought I sensed some disappointment from my brother after I gave him a gift card to his favorite store. It\u2019s almost as if he expected more from me.<\/p>\n<p>So instead of putting pressure on myself to constantly come up with unique Christmas gift ideas, I created a solution. I now distribute a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/christmas-cards\/christmas-photo-cards.htm\">Christmas photo card<\/a><\/strong> to every person I give a gift to. I usually include a comical photo of myself dressed up as Santa, or posing next to a snowman. In addition to this, I always include a little note on the inside remembering a special or funny moment that I shared with that person throughout the year.<\/p>\n<p>I have found that people are so touched by these <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/christmas-cards\/merry-christmas-cards.htm\">Personalized Holiday cards<\/a><\/strong> that they no longer expect such a unique gift from me. In turn, this has caused me less stress when buying throughout the holiday season. Given my new found secret, I think I am going to make it easy on myself this year\u2026I\u2019m going to get 30 gift cards!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"You think you know your family and friends well until you drive to the mall to pick out their Christmas gifts and find yourself stumped.  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