[摘要]圣誕節(jié)買禮物是一件很棘手的事,要買多少錢的?是否買收禮人不想要的禮物,出其不意?是否要給點頭之交的鄰居買點小禮物?這些都是需要考量的問題。 YOUR CHILDREN 給孩子們的禮物 Spend: £100-150 each 花銷:每人100-150英鎊 Of course a lot of what your budget is depends on your income, but the important thing is to set one - and stick to it. 當然,你的花銷取決于你的收入,但重要的是你要定個預(yù)算并且按預(yù)算購禮。 'The pressure to make Christmas magical and give their precious darlings everything they want can be overwhelming, and some families find themselves in debt for a good part of the next year,' points out Diana Mather, an etiquette expert working with One4all Gift Cards on its gift-buying campaign. “讓圣誕變得奇妙,滿足他們珍愛的人所想要的一切,這種壓力是巨大的。有些家庭發(fā)現(xiàn)他們?yōu)榱诉^好圣誕而負了債。”禮儀專家黛安娜·馬瑟指出。馬瑟從事One4all禮品卡購禮促銷工作。 'Children’s expectations should be managed and realistic guidelines drawn when discussing Christmas presents. “在討論圣誕節(jié)禮物時,要管一下孩子們的愿望,提供一些現(xiàn)實的參考建議?!?/P> 'Young children like to open big colourful gifts, and are often just as happy playing with the cardboard box as the gift itself,' she points out. “小孩子喜歡打開大包裝、顏色鮮艷的禮物,而且通常玩禮品盒跟玩禮物一樣開心。”馬瑟說。 If there is something you simply have to buy your little one that pushes you over the spending limit, ask family to pitch in with the cost, Diana advises. 如果有樣?xùn)|西你實在想買給你家小孩,但是買了會超出預(yù)算,這時你可以讓家人解囊相助,黛安娜建議道。 Give gift guides to family 給家人愿望清單 The idea of creating a wish list and 'demanding' your family cough up seems very un-British, but duplicate, unsuitable or unwanted gifts currently wastes £2.4billion at Christmas in the UK according to wishagift.com, which allows you to create gift lists online. so it's a worthwhile practise. 制作愿望清單,并“要求”你的家人說出他們的愿望這個點子似乎非常不英式風,但根據(jù)wishagift.com網(wǎng)站(該網(wǎng)站提供在線創(chuàng)作禮物清單服務(wù))的統(tǒng)計,在英國,通常由重復(fù)的、不合適的或者不想要的圣誕禮物而造成的浪費價值24億英鎊。因此,制作愿望清單還是值得一試的。 'The key to going about it is to be reasonable with your expectations,' says Karina Thomsen, founder of wishagift.com. 'Also add a good variety of ideas and price ranges, and don’t necessarily be 100% specific.' “制作愿望清單的關(guān)鍵是愿望要合理可行。”wishagift.com網(wǎng)站創(chuàng)始人卡琳娜·湯姆森說?!傲硗?,可在清單上添上各種好點子和價格范圍,不必百分百明確具體?!?/P> For example, say ‘Molly loves colourful hair accessories’, and then the family member can still have the freedom to choose one they think she'll like. 例如,上面寫“莫莉喜愛彩色的發(fā)飾”,然后家里人仍可以自由挑選他們認為她會喜歡的一樣發(fā)飾。 Good gift ideas 送禮佳品 Books; drawing pads with paints or crayons; building blocks such as Lego; clothes. 書籍;配有顏料和畫筆的圖畫本;兒童積木,如樂高積木;衣服。 Bad gift ideas 送禮餿品 Bead kits; anything messy or noisy if you want your sanity to remain intact this Christmas. 一套珠子;任何亂糟糟或吵鬧的玩意兒(如果你想在這個圣誕節(jié)中保持神智正常的話)。 |
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