In the following pages, we'll look at these mix-and-match principles for unforgettable gift giving...  
 

• In the context of the receiver’s life

• What will keep on giving

• What someone really needs (including a needed replacement - whether needed now, or later - for what they have and value)

• Something that will come in handy (save time, save money, save space, save effort, etc.)

• Something that will add to a collection or set the receiver already has

• Something humorous (especially lastingly, repeatedly)

• Something that represents a place important to the receiver (better yet, a place important to both the receiver and the giver)

• What doesn’t require unnecessary consumption of resources

• Something consumable, if the receiver "has everything"

• Something that will broaden the receiver’s horizons, stimulate ideas, enable new experiences

• Something that will enrich the spirit of the receiver with its singular beauty

• Ideas! - e.g., new uses for old things, information the receiver needs, etc.

• A gift certificate for something you’ll do for the receiver

• A gift certificate for something someone else will do for the receiver

• Enabling the receiver to do something that s/he has long wanted to do but was prevented (from lack of time, companionship, money, oomph, etc.)

• A gift for a pet in the receiver’s household or for wildlife in the receiver’s yard

• What will make the receiver’s Christmas (Hanukkah, etc.) meaningful

• Many little things might a great thing make

• An exchange of household gifts rather than individual ones