With so many gift ideas out there, what is it that makes gift baskets the best gift? Is it the surprise element, or the thought of all the beautiful gifts the basket contains? Perhaps it is a mixture of both.
Speaking to a landscaper the other day, he was telling me that his wife did a gift basket for him last Christmas and filled it with tons of tasty treats. He told me this was the best gift he had ever received and would be very happy to receive gift baskets again in the future.
I made gift baskets for my grandchildren last Christmas, and was filled with a little bit of trepidation that perhaps they would not like their gift. I need not have worried. Of course my grandchildren know all about gift baskets, but they were so excited at receiving one themselves that all of their other gifts were forgotten. So much so that their mother had to take the gift baskets off them for a while to get them to open up their other Christmas presents. They did with this haste and once they had thanked everyone for their gifts, begged to have their gift baskets back again.
So yes gift baskets really do make the best gifts. It does not matter whether the basket is given to a woman, man or even children, they are loved by all, and the gift that seems to keep giving, long after the other gifts have been opened. And certainly the gift that puts the biggest smile on the faces of both the giver and receiver of the gift.
Next time you are looking for that perfect gift, give a gift basket, your will be pleasantly surprised at how well they are received.
