[摘要]圣诞节买礼物是一件很棘手的事，要买多少钱的？是否买收礼人不想要的礼物，出其不意？是否要给点头之交的邻居买点小礼物？这些都是需要考量的问题。

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给孩子们的礼物

Spend: £100-150 each

花销：每人100-150英镑

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.

当然，你的花销取决于你的收入，但重要的是你要定个预算并且按预算购礼。

'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.

“让圣诞变得奇妙，满足他们珍爱的人所想要的一切，这种压力是巨大的。有些家庭发现他们为了过好圣诞而负了债。”礼仪专家黛安娜·马瑟指出。马瑟从事One4all礼品卡购礼促销工作。

'Children’s expectations should be managed and realistic guidelines drawn when discussing Christmas presents.

“在讨论圣诞节礼物时，要管一下孩子们的愿望，提供一些现实的参考建议。”

'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.

“小孩子喜欢打开大包装、颜色鲜艳的礼物，而且通常玩礼品盒跟玩礼物一样开心。”马瑟说。

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.

如果有样东西你实在想买给你家小孩，但是买了会超出预算，这时你可以让家人解囊相助，黛安娜建议道。

Give gift guides to family

给家人愿望清单

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.

制作愿望清单，并“要求”你的家人说出他们的愿望这个点子似乎非常不英式风，但根据wishagift.com网站（该网站提供在线创作礼物清单服务）的统计，在英国，通常由重复的、不合适的或者不想要的圣诞礼物而造成的浪费价值24亿英镑。因此，制作愿望清单还是值得一试的。

'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.'

“制作愿望清单的关键是愿望要合理可行。”wishagift.com网站创始人卡琳娜·汤姆森说。“另外，可在清单上添上各种好点子和价格范围，不必百分百明确具体。”

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，上面写“莫莉喜爱彩色的发饰”，然后家里人仍可以自由挑选他们认为她会喜欢的一样发饰。

Good gift ideas

送礼佳品

Books; drawing pads with paints or crayons; building blocks such as Lego; clothes.

书籍；配有颜料和画笔的图画本；儿童积木，如乐高积木；衣服。

Bad gift ideas

送礼馊品

Bead kits; anything messy or noisy if you want your sanity to remain intact this Christmas.

一套珠子；任何乱糟糟或吵闹的玩意儿（如果你想在这个圣诞节中保持神智正常的话）。