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15 Questions To Ask Yourself If You're Stumped On What To Get Your Loved Ones For The Holidays

Questions that make the process of buying gifts a little easier.

Simran Jasnani

Dec 03, 2018

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It's officially the holiday season and I have discovered a new guilty pleasure: mindlessly scrolling through BuzzFeed and Amazon list to try and get some inspiration for gift ideas. Unfortunately, there's only so much the budget of a college student can afford so although I may absolutely love some of the ideas, my bank account definitely does not.

After days — OK maybe just a few hours — of scrolling, it was still difficult to come up with any definitive presents.

So, in an effort to help myself and anyone else in the same boat, I came up with a list of questions to ask that might make the process of buying gifts a little easier.

1. What are some of their hobbies, likes, or favorite things?

2. Are they always looking to add to a collection of theirs?

Ex. snow globes, books, fuzzy socks

3. What are some of our best memories together and how can I incorporate that into a present?

4. If I was this person, what would I want?

5. Recently, have they been mentioning, intentionally or unintentionally, specific things they want or need?

6. What are their favorite stores or restaurants that I could get them gift cards for?

7. Do they like chocolate or certain types of holiday treats?

Trick question: everyone loves chocolate!

8. Would they like a more sentimental and/or creative gift?

Ex. collages or anything personalized

9. Do I know their clothing/accessories sizes and styles?

10. Who and what can I splurge on?

11. For friends in college: Can I find something that represents or showcases their major/field of study?

12. Who would really love extra college gear?

Answer: anyone and everyone

13. For family: What activities, chores do they find to be difficult and annoying? Is there something I could do or buy to make it a little easier for them?

14. What do I want them to get me? Would they want some of the same things?

15. How can I surprise them?

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Questions that make the process of buying gifts a little easier.

In This Article:

1. What are some of their hobbies, likes, or favorite things?

2. Are they always looking to add to a collection of theirs?

3. What are some of our best memories together and how can I incorporate that into a present?

4. If I was this person, what would I want?

5. Recently, have they been mentioning, intentionally or unintentionally, specific things they want or need?

6. What are their favorite stores or restaurants that I could get them gift cards for?

7. Do they like chocolate or certain types of holiday treats?

8. Would they like a more sentimental and/or creative gift?

9. Do I know their clothing/accessories sizes and styles?

10. Who and what can I splurge on?

11. For friends in college: Can I find something that represents or showcases their major/field of study?

12. Who would really love extra college gear?

13. For family: What activities, chores do they find to be difficult and annoying? Is there something I could do or buy to make it a little easier for them?

14. What do I want them to get me? Would they want some of the same things?

15. How can I surprise them?

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1. When course schedules are released and you have a conflict between two required classes.

2. When there is only one section of a popular course.

3. Receiving the 18,000 emails reminding you to register ASAP.

4. When you need to see an advisor, but they are too busy/unresponsive.

5. Trying not to dress like a bum for your appointments with your advisors/department heads.

6. When you have a perfectly planned out schedule, and one class ruins it.

7. Carefully moving things around to accommodate a different class/section.

8. Waking up at 6:00 a.m. for your enrollment time.

9. Concocting a new schedule at your enrollment time after your original plan gets changed.

10. Getting into a class and filling the last available seat.

11. When all of your classes finally go through.

12. Realizing that you forgot a class that was a pre-requisite for everything else.

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7. When you've been up for 12 hours straight writing a paper.

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9. When you have to butter up your professor for an extra credit opportunity.

10. When you're assigned a group project.

11. And your group-mates are trying to chat about life instead of the assignment.

12. When it's your last class of the day and you're about to go home.

13. But then you remember rent is due tonight and the anger comes back.

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