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Life is Like a Box of Chocolates – You Never Know what Gifts You're Gonna Get

6 November 2008

When it comes to receiving presents, do you make sure you get what you want by leaving great big hints lying around the house? Do you leave magazines lying open at the appropriate page with a big red pen mark around that pair of shoes? Or are you even more obvious by announcing to all your friends what gift you would like? Even so, does that ploy work? You probably do not end up with the present you were promoting. In fact it could even work against you, and if people think you are a spoilt brat for your demanding behaviour, they may decide to buy you a pound of tripe or something along those lines. You need to learn to go with the flow, and sit back and enjoy the surprises that are heading your way. It is so exciting to receive a gift and not have a clue what it is. We all do it, rattle and sniff, squeeze and shake the parcel before eagerly ripping the wrapping paper into shreds in anticipation of the unknown delight within.

There are some amazing and truly unusual gifts for all occasions, age groups and tastes. A good place to start is by considering what interests and hobbies the person you are buying for has. Genealogy or the tracing of family trees is the most popular hobby in the UK. An unusual but extremely popular gift for any person is the Family History Gift Box which helps you to discover your surname's history. You will also receive a book introducing you to the methods of tracing your family tree. This is a fabulous gift as it inevitably brings the whole family together in their common interest. Pretty soon you'll find you are knee deep in historical facts and you may even unearth some family skeletons in the process.

The second most popular hobby in the UK is gardening. We all know somebody who spends every spare waking minute in the greenhouse come rain or shine. But we also know people who just want to be proud of the colourful display of their flower beds and enjoy sitting out there on a hot summer's day and be able to look around and say 'I did that'. For these green fingered types there are so many fabulous gifts available. There are Grow It Gift Boxes for everyone. For those who love their healthy vegetables there are salad kits, vegetable patch kits, chilli or herb kits, and for those who appreciate a bit of colour in the beds, sunflower kits will brighten up the view. For those who have cultivated everything in the seed catalogues, the carnivorous plant kit or tea and coffee kit will give them a new lease of horticultural life.

If plant growing is not their thing, but football is, they will be thrilled to bits with a Grow Your Own Wembley Pitch, and the easy to use instructions mean they cannot possibly go wrong. The perfect accompaniment to this has got to be the You're a Legend – Personalised Football Commentary. Put someone in the focus and make it up close and personal as their football fantasy comes true. What footie fan would say no to the opportunity to be included in a dream match commentary alongside their favourite players?

For another personal touch, you could have an engraved message put onto a huge variety of things, such as My Last Rolo, a hallmarked gold Rolo with your romantic message applied, for that soft at heart loved one. Or you can go for key rings, tankards, money boxes, photo frames or even a steel map of London Underground, all personalised with your own special message. Kids will be delighted with a personalised canvas picture with their name and special day incorporated forever, to hang on the bedroom wall. Nobody else will have a picture like it. Choose from a variety of designs with animal, pirate, fairy, dragon and sports themes.

Those of you who live life to the max and are willing to try any new and adventurous thrill seeking experience will love an Ultimate Aerobatics Flight. You don't get more adrenalin pumping than this for your money. If you revel at the thought of some aeronautical antics your instructor will demonstrate some amazing sequences before you get a chance to have a go at the controls.

Whether it is planting up some weird and wonderful seeds in the earth, or watching the earth slip from beneath your feet, surprise somebody with unusual gifts that will definitely not be appearing on their wish list.
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