What do most people think of when they are trying to come up with a good gift idea? Usually they go around looking at stuff that they themself might enjoy because they don’t really have a clue what the recipient will enjoy. Another thing people consider is things that the recipient will have practical use for. But is this always the right choice?

It is unfortunate then that what you might consider beautiful, practical and useful might seem ugly, unnecessary and not very useful to somebody else. I am sure that you get lots of completely useless (aside from being gifts you can give to other people) gifts from your family. Either books by my mothers favorite authors, kitchen stuff from my grandmother or car related stuff from my brother, all this is wildly pointless for me even if it might be very useful for them.

The truth is that if you are one of the lucky people that live in our modern western society, you probably already own everything you like, want or consider practical. Of course sometimes someone will give you something you will use for years to come, but chances are if you needed something you would have just bought it for yourself.

Left are the gifts that invoke some kind of positive emotion. A parent will be much happier if his 10 year old kid does something nice for them in crafts class than if the kid would buy them something. On a similar note, your partner will probably appreciate a nice framed picture of you two together in your favourite spot even though it has no practical or monetary value.

It is here that I will recommend the gag gift or prank gift. At first glance gag gifts are usually cheap throwaway things, but imagine if you can find a perfect prank gift that will have everyone at the party laughing about it for hours? Of course this gift will be better remembered than all the socks, cookbooks, money envelopes and other gifts taken together. And its not like a gag gift is very expensive, so you can always just give one away together with a “serious” gift for an unbeatable combo!

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