INSPIRATIONS FOR GIFTS

What is important for gifts to arrive

Newspapers and magazines are full of gift suggestions at the moment. Advertisers are happy about this, because the curated Editorial advice is in most cases a special form of advertisement.

Heart instead of mind

The same principle applies to gifts as to hospitality: good gifts are unreasonable. Reasonable gifts are basically a contradiction in terms.

Because:

A good gift is not calculated.

A good gift is often unexpected.

A good gift can be something that the recipient loves but doesn’t treat themselves to.

The material value of a good gift is irrelevant.

With a good gift, the giver does not expect a gift in return, because the joy of the recipient is joy enough for him or her.

A good gift, according to the quote from the book ‘The Little Prince’: “only good with the heart”.

Listening and watching

Most standard gifts are of little use because they are more of a platitude than a gift. You can read more about this in the GloriousMe article “Gifts that don’t arrive“.

The most important prerequisite for a gift that is well received is to listen to or watch the person you want to give it to. Then you are sure to find good inspiration for a gift in both senses of the word. Because nothing warms the heart so much when you realize from a gift that the giver has actually listened to you and not just made small talk.

Reminder

GloriousMe delivers inspiration on a silver platter every week on Thursday afternoon.

Many of the things we love and have described over the past few months could be a good idea for a Christmas gift that will be well received:

For lovers of valuable glasses

Fine linen tea towels are a treat for those of your friends who love to spoil themselves and their guests with fine glassware.

For lovers of lemons

If you have noticed that natural lemons are never missing on the table and are enthusiastically used in the kitchen and/or in drinks, then the wonderful volume of lemons is a gift that will certainly be unwrapped with enthusiasm and picked up again and again.

For cigar lovers

Here it is important to listen carefully to which cigar is being raved about, which may have been enjoyed in distant climes. Cigars from different countries and with different characters can be purchased and given as gifts at Starke Zigarren in Berlin.

For seekers

The book Ikigai is a lovely gift for all your friends who, in conversation, tell you that they are searching.

For the exhausted

Sometimes life can come crashing down on you. If you have the impression that your boyfriend or girlfriend is currently doing far too many activities during the week, why not give them a nice pair of pyjamas with the well-intentioned advice not to plan the weekend completely, but simply to stay in bed comfortably.