Gadgets Blog: Unusual Gift Ideas

Some Christmas Gift Ideas

The festive season is just about upon us (although if you’ve been shopping at all since September you’d probably say it’s been with us for quite some time!) and Christmas is looming ever closer. Of course with Christmas lurking like a big scary bear behind a big tree that looks further away than it actually is, those of us who didn’t do our preparatory shopping in January/February (Yes, we all know one of those sorts of people!) are pretty much left running around trying to make sure we get all the gifts we need and that we put an appropriate amount of thought into them.

At this point I could reel off a list of ‘THE’ gifts to get this Christmas, but I will refrain as I’d presumably just add to the stress of not being able to find a Nintendo Wii in the shops for love nor money!

Instead I will suggest some of the smaller ‘stocking filler’ items. After extensive research (OK the boss caught me doing my Christmas shopping at work) I have managed to find the following great items below….

I really like this paperclip holder from Mocha. It‘s the sort of gadget I‘d happily have on my desk. It looks pretty cool in my opinion as well as it actually serving a purpose.

These “Unazukin” have also caught my eye. They give a new and very cute take on the “Magic 8 Ball” and are available from Firebox.

Or on a more festive theme the USB Snowman. Just the ticket to bring a bit of festive cheer to any computer area. This particular fellow is available at Gadgets.co.uk

Or is there someone you don’t like too much and you really want them to get message this year? If so you could do worse than getting someone some specially packaged ‘Christmas Coal’, a great gift idea. Although surely if you don’t like them that much going to the effort of buying them a piece in a nice tin wouldn’t show your true dislike, so how about just ‘borrowing’ a bit from someone who still has an open fire, and wrapping it in some newspaper (preferably the kind that gets the ink over you when you handle it!)