How to Choose a Birthday Gift for January
Even if you're still overwhelmed by the recent December holidays, make sure to remember your friends with January birthdays!
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Consider giving jewelry with January's traditional and modern birthstone, garnet. Or, if you would rather give a mystical birthstone, choose emerald jewelry.
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Give a bouquet of carnations, January's flower, if the receiver would enjoy a sweet-smelling gift.
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Consider a gift that reflects the receiver's astrological sign. Capricorns, born between December 22 and January 19, are known for practicality and a clear mind. An Aquarius, born between January 19 and February 18, is typically marked by creativity and a friendly nature. You may want to choose gifts accordingly.
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Decide whether you want to look for post-holiday sales to find an inexpensive present, or purchase the gift during December to ensure that the item you wish to buy does not sell out.
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Pay attention to whether the recipient showed disappointment over not getting a desired gift for the December holidays, and select that item for his or her birthday.
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If the birthday falls around January 1, an exciting night out for New Year's Eve could make a great birthday gift.
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Tips & Warnings
Try to choose a personal gift that reflects time and thought, rather than a high price.
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Jan 26, 2006
For people with January 1 birthdays(like me), we feel very hurt when everyone forgets our birthdays or everyone is too tired form New Years eve to celebrate with us. We all understand everyone is broke from Christmas, but the happy birthday/merry Christmas presents really suck. Keep in mind that just because our birthdays are a week after Christmas, we still want to feel remembered and loved on our day. -
Jan 26, 2006
For people with January 1 birthdays(like me), we feel very hurt when everyone forgets our birthdays or everyone is too tired form New Years eve to celebrate with us. We all understand everyone is broke from Christmas, but the happy birthday/merry Christmas presents really suck. Keep in mind that just because our birthdays are a week after Christmas, we still want to feel remembered and loved on our day.
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Nov 22, 2005
I'm a capricorn and I enjoy gifts with love, not common things other people have. We want personalized, practical things so we can cherish them forever.
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Nov 22, 2005
If you know that the person always get jipped around his/her birthday because it falls after the holidays and everyone is broke (like myself)-BE THOUGHTFUL and aware of what that person is really into. Us caps don't always need expensive items-we are sentimental beings. Get to know us better-it is really not difficult to get a present that is practical and awesome-if you know the person.
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Nov 22, 2005
Think back and remember what they got for Christmas, perhaps a personal planner might come in handy for the new year or match the gift to a previous one.
