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LAST-MINUTE Unique Christmas Gifts for Everyone

LAST-MINUTE Unique Christmas Gifts for Everyone

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Need some unique Christmas gifts that work for just about everyone on your gift list? Check these 5 simple, yet thoughtful Christmas gift ideas that might surprise you.

Time is ticking. Christmas is coming. And what I know is that IF you haven’t prepared the presents yet, NOW is time to do this cheerful task (oh yeah, it could be full of joy, really!).  Here you can find some fast and some of the unique Christmas gifts – not because of their nature, but the way they are presented – with a special message to the recipient.

It’s true that the gift is not the most important thing for Christmas but think of the happy smile, coming directly from the heart of a close friend or loving relative. Isn’t it a wonderful feeling to know you are a reason for that?

Read on to get 5 last-minute unique Christmas gifts.

5 LAST-MINUTE YET PERSONALIZED CHRISTMAS GIFTS

** This following post contains some affiliate links. Despite that, the written in here is honest and based on my own opinion or/and experience, research and wish to share my findings with you!

# 1. Actually, Love Movies – Christmas Time

Imagine yourself at home. Outside is snowing (or just freezing enough to skip the outside walking). You are sitting on the soft, comfy couch. Drinking hot chocolate & eating popcorns (Christmas is strongly recommended not a time for diets!). Yummy! And watching a lovely Christmas movie. A classic situation that makes me dream. Most of the girls do love it. And have at least 3 favorite winter movies. Which is yours? My favorite  Christmas movie is Love Actually – I watch it every single Christmas, still laughing and crying on the same scenes. Always!

Now think of your BFF, or girlfriend, or sister, or mom, or daughter, or other close family members. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to make this touching gift for Christmas – a set of the best ever Christmas movies, a dozen hot chocolate boxes and popcorn packs, everything wrapped in a cute Christmas box? You can add themed mugs (unleashing the Christmas spirit), and now you have a genuinely heart-melting Christmas gift.

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Christmas Movies + Popcorn = Classic!- click HERE to explore the Christmas selection

So, everybody has a favorite bunch of Christmas movies. Here is my Christmas-movies bucket list that consists of 5 groups – romantic comedies, family dramas, funny kids-friendly movies, some alternatives to the classic Christmas movies, and some of the best ever Christmas animations. (You can PIN it so you can use it for your own Christmas movies marathon.) Or simply download it from My Free Gift Library.

Extra tip:

You can do it even better if you choose 12 romantic & favorite movies with the promise to get together with the gift-receiver every single month on a “movie night” with hot chocolate and popcorns.


# 2  A Year to Remember – Picture Diary

The year is passing, and most of the people start reviewing the last 12 months. Did I do my best at work? Shouldn’t I have done this? Isn’t it a shame that I didn’t do that? Did I hurt somebody? Did I was a good person enough? Thousands of questions. Or just remember the experience, the places they went, the people they met, holidays that celebrated, the emotions they felt.

Now, focus on the positive. And surprise your close friend with a touchy picture diary as one of the unique Christmas gifts ever received (guaranteed!) – a summary of the passing year, composed of paper photos (oh yes, they still exist! and still as heartwarming as before!).

You only need a beautiful Christmas photo album and patience to select photos of your friend (or relative, or partner) of which he is the leading actor or the picture actually means something to him/her or both of you. The catch here is that if you don’t have many photos on a reachable camera or don’t have enough paper photos (a common situation nowadays with the million digit photos), you’ll have to rake about interesting findings in his/her Facebook or Twitter profile. Choose proper ones, at least, 3-4 per an uploaded album from the year duration. The good point is that when posted on the net, you won’t be in a deadly danger if you pick up the wrong pictures. Please, don’t select photos only with two of you together. It would appear kinda weird and too obsessive.

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1. (upper row) – Feather Pen Retro Photo Scrapbook with 60 Black Pages – check HERE 
2. (down row) – Foldable Scrapbooks Hardcover Photo Albums 4 x 6 Inch Photos with DIY cover – check HERE

The goal is to fill the whole album with printed memories. You can add your sweet messages and funny tags and voila! I promise that your friend will be moved to the bottom of his/her soul.

Extra tip:

An option is to do Year Video Diary, which has actually almost the same meaning, but it allows you to include favorite songs, flashy animations and slide effects. But they cost more – time and money. I have done this before, for both Christmas and anniversary. It had the wow-effect.


# 3. A Bunch of Socks

Yes, that’s right. The well-known boring gift idea for a man – socks. But trust me, if you put a sense of humor, nobody would get disappointed.

According to research, each month an average of 2 pairs of socks mysteriously vanishes in the washing machine or on the way to the clothesline. This should be subscribed to as one of the world’s mysteries. And nobody still knows how this happens to the poor housewives or the socks-owners despite the washing bags and the careful sorting. So if you buy, let’s say at least 2 dozen pairs of socks (depending on your budget, but I will choose 52 pairs as more sensible), put them in a socks organizer, then in a beautiful box and wrap in Christmas paper, you’ll have a simple, but high-spirited and original gift for a man. You don’t even need to feel guilty anymore in the coming new year when your beloved stress on the fact that another sock is missing. “AGAIN”.

cute ways to present socks for Christmas

1. Fuzzy Sock Cupcakes – check HERE
2. Single Socks Looking for Sole Mates Laundry Decor – check HERE 
3. Colorful Patterned Cotton Socks Funky Crew Socks for Women – check HERE 
4. PIZZA SOCKS BOX Pepperoni 4 pairs Cotton Socks Made In Europe Unisex Funny Gift! – check HERE
5. Mens 8 Pair Pack Crew Socks Work Socks with Cushion Sole, Arch Support and Mesh Ventilation – check HERE
6. Novelty Beer Socks for Him in A Beer Can – in a single pack or 3 pairs
7. Men Socks in A Box – colorful socks  or the classic colors

This type of gift doesn’t require much effort. Can be either cheap (if you buy some simple sport socks) or more luxurious (filling the box with 100% bamboo cotton socks, silky ones or merino), or you can even add a sense of Christmas (if you opt for themed socks with Christmas trees, reindeer and Santas sleigh on a snow-covered roof, snowflakes, etc.). But no matter which version you choose, your man will receive one of the unique Christmas gifts, which not expected. Honestly, you’ll receive a huge smile for this smart and not extravagant decision to buy the gift-tabu called socks.

Extra tip:

Have in mind that men are not fond of all these Christmassy “cute” styles. AND if the recipient is actually YOUR Beloved, make the gift even spicy – include stockings and pair them with the socks. One for you, one for him. It’s proven that men are those who actually love stockings. So why not make him happy twice?


# 4 It’s High About Time

For someone to do something. Last Christmas I made a gift to a friend of mine that meant exactly this. And “this” was cooking – in her case. So I put dry ingredients for Christmas foodie gifts  in a beautiful jar – like cookies – (flour, brown sugar, vanilla, cinnamon, decoration dust, etc.), wrote the recipe for the cookies (step by step cookies for dummies plus pictures of the desired result), rolled it with an eye-catching ribbon, tied for the jar, and some small devices that my friend need to make the recipe (I knew her kitchen lack of everything concerning cooking…) –cookie-shapes, stirrer, sieve. The result was so charming and honored among the unique Christmas gifts – beautifully colored layers, ribbon, an almost hand-made gift that my friend even didn’t want to spoil, but finally managed to create the goal.

If you like this idea for a sweet gift, then follow this link to get the edible gift- in-a-jar recipes plus this pdf printable gift tags for brownie cake.

Anyway, you can try to think of a specific thing that your close friend says about “I would never do that!”. Challenge her/him! That’s also friends are what for – to challenge us and make us improve ourselves. Sometimes someone just needs a little push and courage. Or a kick in the *ss. Packed in such a simple, elegant, subtle way this Christmas. Just think for the person with your own mind. You can do it!

Extra tip:

 You can try with a favorite magazine year subscription, or dancing classes’ season ticket, or prepaid driving course, or easy-growing plant, or huge puzzle, or E-voucher for that interesting Internet Marketing webinar….endless options, if you know the person very well. OR better – use our service on customizable gifts – fill in the questionnaire.




# 5 Half Written Is Half Done – Christmas Promise

There’s a quotation that “Well begun is half done” by Aristotle. And I would add – the written task is half-done. It’s true, believe me.

A long time ago I was an extremely disorganized person who had so many tasks to do, that actually forgot most of them during the day. Or couldn’t fall asleep because thinking of all those small gigs overwhelmed my entire life. Then I came up with the right solution – to write down everything in a daily organizer. Simple, eh? It had a massive influence on me. But what this have in common with Christmas?

Christmas and New Eve is the time of the big planning. It’s an obsession. Just like the promise to start a diet on Monday (we never specify which Monday, and it never comes true in the 99.99 % of the cases). If you say you never promised yourself to begin some activity from 1st January, then probably you’re not entirely honest with me.

We start promising things that we already know they’re harsh to us, or even impossible – like stop being late at work, or quit cigarettes (come on!), or stop spending so much money on new shoes, or start jogging, or set up that idea for an online business, or whatever. An endless list of promises. Some reckless or ridiculous nonsense; some truly impossible challenges. But if you try writing them down as a list of “to-do” day by day, week by week, month by month you will notice that things are getting better on their places. And that’s only because you write in a diary (organizer) – ideas, tasks, goals, appointments.

Do a kindness to a lovely person who needs a little impetus. A way to declutter their mind and put some order in their hectic everyday life.  Give him/her with a beautiful and practical daily journal! And to make a good start and create one of the unique Christmas gifts – write down the wishes that you might be happy to see done in your friend’s life on the first page. While doing this be realistic, be confident, not pushy, start with simple wishes and add a little sense of humor (like make cookies for my birthday 🙂 ) Because it’s proven that every single task done lights up the hidden impulse to complete more and more and more actions. So be the kick-off!

Extra tip:

You can put tags or small notes on all important dates throughout the whole coming year. Like birthdays of close relatives and friends, anniversaries, celebrations, etc. Of course, this will be more time-consuming, and probably need some extra research (Facebook helps perfectly), but the efforts worth it! Also, you can add a beautiful pen (like this amazing Swarovski ballpoint pen with real Swarovski crystals)


Final Thoughts

These unique Christmas gifts are suitable for almost everyone – just take the main idea and personalized it. Sometimes the good present is not the complicated one, or the most fashionable, or the expensive one. Sometimes the meaning of the gift and the way is presented is everything that matters. Especially for the closest persons in our lives. But if you still think that you might take advantage of the new small inventions this year, check out 10 cool new gadgets that you must see. If you still don’t like any of the gift ideas above, money gift is always appreciated, right?   Click here to find the most amazing ways to give cash as a gift for any occasion.

Your Turn

What is your favorite Christmas gift idea that works for everyone on your gift list? I’d love to read your thoughts as a comment below!

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  • December 21, 2015

    Appreciate the recommendation. Will try itt out.

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