{"id":140573,"date":"2016-12-22T14:00:04","date_gmt":"2016-12-22T12:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/?p=140573"},"modified":"2016-12-22T14:01:18","modified_gmt":"2016-12-22T12:01:18","slug":"what-not-to-give-this-christmas-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/lifestyle-news\/2016\/12\/22\/what-not-to-give-this-christmas-3\/","title":{"rendered":"What not to give this Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A gift that\u2019s not given much thought betrays laziness on the part of the gift-giver.<br \/>\nHere are some gift ideas to steer clear from.<\/p>\n<p><b>Mugs<\/b><br \/>\nEver notice how coffee mugs in the store shelves magically multiply in number come Christmas time? There\u2019s your cue. It\u2019s a popular gift item. Too popular. Some mug makers even place their creations in boxes for easy gift-wrapping. Don\u2019t get swayed. A boring gift in a fancy box is still boring.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p><b>Stuffed toys<\/b><br \/>\nTeddy bears, bunny rabbits, kittens, puppies, they\u2019re all cute. But it\u2019s likely that your female friend already has more than enough in her collection. Why give her something that won\u2019t fit in her shelves?<\/p>\n<p><b>Candles<\/b><br \/>\nMake no mistake about it, there are a lot of nice-looking candles out there, but really, you should steer clear of this as a gift item. It\u2019s just too painfully predictable.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p><b>Picture frames<\/b><br \/>\nHave you ever given one of these to a friend, gone to his house, and found your gift nowhere in sight? Take the hint. See, you have to keep in mind that a picture frame, aside from being too common a gift item, has to match the interior of your friend\u2019s home. If it doesn\u2019t, he won\u2019t use it.<\/p>\n<p><b>Calendars or planners<\/b><br \/>\nNot so much clich\u00e9, as impractical. Your friends in the corporate world are likely to receive desk calendars and planners from their clients and suppliers, so why give them another? Also, more and more people nowadays are relying on their computers, smartphones, and tablets to organise their to-do lists, effectively pushing planners out of their list of needs.<br \/>\n*\u00a0Information obtained from www.manilastandardtoday.com.<\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='b9c9d365c0e9c3e120f3734343ee3ca2'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s the thought that counts, we always say. The question that follows is how much thought do you give to the gifts you give?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":140636,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3686],"tags":[1885,13171,2398,13172],"class_list":["post-140573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle-news","tag-christmas","tag-gift-giving","tag-gifts","tag-what-not-to-give"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"Lifestyle","SubCategory":"Entertainment"},"tag_labels":["Christmas","gift giving","gifts","what not to give"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140573"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140573\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/140636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}