[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。

YOUR FRIENDS

给朋友的礼物

Spend: £10-15

花销：10-15英镑

Friends can often be closer than family, but this also means you should be understanding of each other's financial constraints.

朋友通常比家人更亲密，但这也意味着你应当了解彼此的经济有限。

'My close friends and I now have a pact about the size of the Christmas gift we give each other,' tells Diana. 'What with partners, children, grandchildren, nephews and nieces, not to mention great nephews and nieces – life can become really expensive!

“现在，我和我的密友们已经就互赠圣诞节礼物的大小达成了协定。”黛安娜说。“考虑到要给伴侣们、孩子们、孙子们、侄子女们买礼物，这还没算上孙侄子女们——生活开销真的很大！

'Friends should realise this. Decide your limits and then try to find a really fun gift. After all, that is what it is all about - giving - and a pot of home-made jam can give as much pleasure as something much more expensive.'

“朋友们应当意识到这点。制定支出限度，然后尝试找到一份真正有趣的礼物。毕竟，那才是圣诞节礼物的意义所在——给予。另外，一罐自制果酱会带来很多快乐，与比其贵重得多的东西带来的快乐相比，没有什么两样。”

The rules are there are no rules

准则就是没有准则

These are your friends, so you'll either know exactly what they want already, or are happy to ask them outright - and either is fine.

这些是你的朋友，因此你要么已经知道他们想要什么了，要么能够愉快坦率地问出口——两者均可。

'Here we can generalise that an open approach of explicit gift requests, mutual budgets or surprise gifts are welcome,' says Karina.

“在这里我们可以推论出，光明正大、毫不隐讳的礼物请求，保持一致的预算或者令人惊喜的礼物都是受欢迎的。”卡琳娜说。

'You likely know them far better, and their interests, than the remainder of the people on your gift buying list and probably feel far more comfortable discussing what’s on each of your most wanted lists,' she adds.

“你可能了解他们还有他们的兴趣比了解你送礼名单上的其他人更甚，而且在讨论你们各自最想要的东西清单时，可能会觉得更为自在。”她补充道。

Good gift ideas

送礼佳品

A spa day for you to share; unusual jewellery; handmade soap; scarf; scented candle; subscription to a magazine; beauty products; wine or any alcohol!

共同享受spa一天；独特的珠宝；手工皂；围巾；香薰蜡烛；杂志订阅；美容产品；葡萄酒或其他酒！

Bad gift ideas

送礼馊品

You can't go far wrong if you put some thought into it.

只要你花心思在上面就不会出什么大差错。