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Posting the Perfect Christmas Gift

Perfect Christmas Gift with string lights

With such a connected global community these days it has become common to have friends and loved ones in far off distant lands. For some, the impact of such separation can become glaringly obvious when it comes time to celebrate the festive season.

The reality is that it may not always be possible to be physically in the same place for your Christmas celebrations, but that doesn’t mean that you can’t still share in the spirit of giving that is Christmas, with the people that you care about the most.

Here’s some of our favourite ideas, as well as a few hints and tips, for how you can still give something special and memorable at Christmas, no matter the distance.

Make it personal

So maybe you can’t be together in person, but that doesn’t mean your Christmas should be filled with generic, impersonal gifts. Show the special people in your life just how special they are with a thoughtful, personalised gift. A personalised gift is not only a precious keepsake to be treasured by the lucky recipient but it also sends a message that you care enough to go to the extent and effort of organising the one-of-a-kind gift. You know the saying, “actions speak louder than words”, well that’s definitely true when it comes to personalised gifts. The idea might be simple, but the resulting effect is so much more.

Personalised gifts are a crowd pleaser in almost any location or destination, but particularly when it comes to sending gifts via post to a different spot on the globe there are many great personalised gifts that travel well too.

Personalised stockings are just perfect for sending in the mail. They aren’t big and bulky or an awkward shape, they don’t weigh much and the joy and surprise they bring when the package is opened, is perhaps the best bit (although the ease of postage certainly factors in to the equation too).

Personalised baubles are a great choice to send to a far away destination too. For everything that we love about personalised gifts, and also, at The Christmas Cart all of our personalised baubles are securely packaged in moulded PVC boxes to ensure that your delicate cargo arrives at it’s destination in the same immaculate condition that it left our studio. We can also ship directly from our warehouse to anywhere within Australia Post’s international network, so there is less logistics for you to co-ordinate. Another great reason to love personalised gifts and The Christmas Cart for your loved ones abroad this Christmas.

There’s so many designs, colours and styles available too. Choose from glass or shatterproof, 8cm or 10cm, matt or gloss finish in a range of colours and gorgeous hand painted baubles with everything from furry four-legged friends, to stunning Christmas scenes as well as popular landmarks (yes, that’s right, you can get a bauble with the Sydney Harbour Bridge on it!) and some well-recognised country flags too.

Give with the receiver (and their location) in mind 

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While personalised gifts might be the obvious choice for a “personal” type gift, they are certainly not the only option.

To give a gift that really resonates across the miles, think carefully about where your special person, or persons, are located, and then marry this with the type of person that they are, and the kind of things that they like to do.

Some great ideas in this vein could include a gift voucher or eGift Card to their favourite store. In today’s technological world you can very easily purchase a gift voucher online and post or email the details directly to the person receiving the gift. They’ll surely love the opportunity to spend someone else’s money in their favourite place! Not only is it easy to arrange but long-lasting too. They’ll think of you every time they wear or use their newly purchased items.

If you’re not a huge fan of giving vouchers, what about a subscription? It could be for their favourite online streaming provider, a magazine or eMagazine subscription or even a subscription box or package that regularly delivers new and diverse packages of your chosen goodies. Subscriptions of any kind really are the gift that keeps on giving throughout the year!

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The same premise applies to vouchers for experiences, including dinner at a favourite, or much-longed-for, place. Often there are things that we’d all love to do, or places we’d love to go, but we never seem to get around to purchasing them for ourselves. Giving a voucher for a special meal, or an exhilarating experience for example, can be worth so much more than the cost itself. The list of options really is only limited by your imagination. Think tickets to a museum or performance, a cultural experience, or perhaps a hair-raising, adrenalin-pumping adventure. All these things are so easily transported wherever you need them to go via email or post.

Tips to delivering a memorable Christmas gift

The first thing that makes a gift memorable, is the fact that it arrived in the first place! Here’s some things to think about to give you the best chance of a delivering the perfect Christmas gift.

  • Know your expected delivery times frames and get in early – if you are planning to send items via post, make sure that you find out approximately how long the delivery timeframe is from where you are, to where it needs to go. Armed with that information, be sure to work backwards to find when you need to have it on its way by. Remember that delivery time frames are not the sole determining factor for ensuring that your package arrives on time. Especially when it comes to Christmas time, the sheer volume of packages moving through the system, can slow delivery times significantly. So for peace of mind, make sure that you get your gifts on their way sooner rather than later.
  • If you’re ordering online to send to another country, where possible, make sure to access the website for the brand or company that you are purchasing from that is located in the country that you are sending to. That way you can ship from one destination in that country, to another destination in the same country and save on international shipping processes, not to mention the additional cost. For an extra element of surprise, arrange to have it send to a trustworthy person in that country who it not the recipient and then have them personally deliver it close to Christmas Day.
  • Make use of companies such as com that have made sending gifts overseas so much easier. Simply purchase the gift and nominate the country that you would like it send to and it’s wrapped, packed and sent o its way. It’s that easy!

Spending the festive season far away from those we hold so dear to our hearts can be a challenging and emotional time for all involved. Taking the time to arrange thoughtful and special gifts can really go along way to bridge to distance.

The Christmas Cart has a wide range of Christmas gifts, keepsakes, and décor available online that are perfect for family and friends who are not nearby. Explore the website and discover the choices.