With Christmas round the corner, it’s never too early to start looking around for presents for your friends and loved ones. This time however, I have the added joy of selecting a present for my little niece who will be celebrating her very first Christmas this year. Excited as i was, I couldn’t help thinking no matter what I gave, she wouldn’t care or understand; but then again; she would one day and i wanted it to be something that would bring back memories of her first Christmas when she is old enough to understand. I thought at first of giving her clothes and stuff which I thought would come in useful at least for her parents. But then I realized she had got enough and more to keep her going for a long time. She also had the essentials such as a crib, a pram and even a push chair and mundane items such as baby lotions, shampoos, blankets, mitts and socks as useful as they are seem are so boring and also wouldn’t last until baby was grown up. Toys are sort of OK I thought, but those too would be long gone and in the trash bin even before she could understand their meanings. In desperation I thought of giving her a Teddy because all babies love them. The one I saw could even have baby’s name printed on its jumper. That’s it I thought, if I can’t find something better, I’ll settle for Teddy. If you really take the trouble to look around, there are some unique and wonderful gifts that can be bought for baby, such as the Christmas Star which was no ordinary star and the Teddy design cutlery set with which baby could have lots of fun. I fell in love with the star which I knew would look sensational on top of the Christmas tree. Why it would be special was because of the fact that it could be engraved right across with baby’s name and the year so that she could use it as her very own Christmas tree star for years to come. The personalized cutlery set was also good to bring back memories of her first Christmas and I was sure her mum would keep it safe once she outgrew it to show it to her one day. No child can resist a colorful gift be it a rattle or ball. Some other popular baby gifts I thought suitable are engraved silver money boxes, baby calendars with a different baby picture for each month with baby’s name displayed, CD’s with songs or Christmas stories personalized with baby’s name being sung or read throughout, which seems to be the ultimate in personalized baby gifts. What lovely gifts children get today I thought, my memories going back to the time I was a kid myself and had to be content with much less in the way of gifts, but in no way lacking in love and laughter our house was always filled with. Isn’t that what all children need even more than toys and gifts? The love of parents can compensate for many things and any little baby who is loved whole heartedly will have the best gift of all and that is what will live in her memory more than any gift that is bought from the store.
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