Personalized Corporate Merchandise
Engraved business card holders, paper weights, pens all make a great choice for employees who very often meet and greet clients. Some thing like USB device, planner, task manager which would go useful with their job type can also be a good option.

Paid Pay Off
To give the employees time off work  without having them pay for it can be the most welcoming Christmas gift. It will let them prepare to celebrate Christmas and spend some time with their family.

Stress Busters
This is something that every employee may be in need of, especially for those people in a highly stressful job. Stress busters like aroma therapy candles, a CD full of relaxing songs, a journal or a basket containing all of these can be great idea.

Gift Vouchers
A gift voucher worth a sufficient amount can be gifted to employees so that they could get video games, food, movie tickets, books or any other item of their choice.

Christmas Dinner
If you are not so interested in offering gifts as such, how about a Christmas dinner for employees ? You can ask for employees preference and order the same. You always have a wide variety of choices in foodies and especially during festival times. Order something different and special that is employees have rarely tried it and is mouth watery. Make sure that is it a complete ‘No office talk Christmas Party’ where you can have great time to know about each other.

The first thing to consider with any gift buying is the personality and needs of the person for whom you’re buying the gift. If you are choosing a gift for your significant other, this will likely be the person you know best of all. In that sense it will be easy. However, this will also likely be the person upon whom you will likely want to lavish the most attention in choosing a gift. Christmas can be a great time to express your devotion and affection in the form of a gift. There are a number of different approaches to this. It may well be the gift upon which you spend the most money, but it needn’t be expensive, just thoughtful.

Likewise for family—you needn’t splash vast sums of cash, but thoughtfulness is imperative. You know them well, don’t you? Consider how well you know your father. Wouldn’t it be shameful to dump a generic store-bought necktie under the tree for him? That is, unless your father is a necktie enthusiast, but they are most definitely in the minority. Consider his character and personality and what he likes to do, and choose accordingly. Follow suit when giving gifts to any family member.

Choosing Christmas gifts for children isn’t too tricky, but don’t think that there’s no art to it. If you think a sweater is a good gift for the average child, then you haven’t been paying attention to their reaction when they open the gift, nor comparing it to their reaction when they open that video game or stuffed toy. Unless it’s a replica shirt representing their favourite footy player, odds are children won’t appreciate clothes. If they say otherwise it’s not a sincere sentiment but rather a testament to how well their parents have schooled them in receiving gifts gracefully. With kids, find them a toy they’ll really like, full stop.

Now on to friends—for your close friends, you’ve no doubt a clear idea of their likes and dislikes. Shop accordingly. For friends with whom you are less close, you will likely be forced to choose a less intimate trinket. Likewise for co-workers and others you know who are more like close acquaintances than friends, but still manage to work their way onto your gift list.  Perhaps a good choice of a less intimate gift would be Christmas-oriented gifts, such as ornaments.