Gift Giving on Shine

Gift ideas for hard-to-shop-for people

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By Woman's Day Staff

Holiday shopping is stressful enough, and then you get to those people on your list whom you can never seem to find the perfect gift for. We feel your pain, so we enlisted the help of Robyn Freedman Spizman, author of The Giftionary, for advice on what to get for the five most difficult people to shop for.

The Friend Who Has Everything:
“People love gifts that offer them a better way of doing something,” says Spizman. Ask yourself: What does she do daily, weekly or monthly?

Top 10: Why to holiday shop online

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Over the last several years, I have come to do more and more of my shopping online. There are several benefits that make it much more palatable than shopping in stores. Here's my top 10 reasons why your

User post: Is a bra an appropriate Christmas gift?

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Hello all, I need your advice! My sister-in-law has never had a good bra, let alone been fitted for one. She's only ever worn Wal-Mart bras, and I find this a bit depressing. I'm not much of a spender, but when it comes to a good bra (being a well endowed woman myself) I refuse to…

DIY holiday gifts that save you $$$ and show you care!

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Every year we go through the same old gift giving process of finding that perfect something for friends and family...It's definitely a challenge depending on the person and gets expensive when you start adding up the list of people that you can't skip out on. So why…

Is it time to rethink the gift-giving process?

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With the holiday season right around the corner, the temptation to overspend exists. For some reason we feel a responsibility to extend ourselves financially to accommodate the holiday gift lists we receive from friends and family. At a time when many of us have personally felt the pressures of these tough economic times, it strikes me as the right time to revisit the gift wish list model and rethink the process.

Perhaps because I grew up in an immigrant household where holiday gifts and wish lists were considered undermining the fundamental purpose of the holidays, I never understood the idea of asking for and receiving specific gifts. To me, the gift list resembles a grocery store list and doesn't include any of the surprise, spiritual uplift, or thoughtfulness I associate with a gift. It's time to change the gift giving wish list model by focusing on the emotion and feeling associated with a gift, rather than the "perfect present."