Places to get the ‘Perfect’ Gift for Christmas
--Written by Stacey Lee
With the Christmas season around the corner, many will be looking to find the ‘Perfect’ gift for their family and friends.
It being the season for sharing and giving, many here in Singapore practise the idea of gift giving and even Christmas dinner parties.
Although the practise of having gifts around the Christmas tree is not widely done here in Singapore, many have found the idea of gift giving amongst family and friends to be a good way to go about it.
It is due to this joyful season that many shops have already begun their Christmas promotions to attract more gift shoppers to their doorsteps.
The first recommended place would be Daiso, with its 7 branches located at various major shopping centres in Singapore.
Daiso offers a wide range of products from ornamentals, food and beverages, household items, and much more, all at only SGD$2 storewide, which is the main reason why it attracts many to walk in and take a look at its products.
Selling everything at only SGD$2 makes this a great place to get a present under a SGD$10 budget. One would definitely be able to find something unique or of interest in Daiso.
Also, if you are looking to decorate your home or to liven up the party, Daiso carries various Christmas decorations and even mini Christmas trees.
As mentioned above, Tangs being a departmental store offers various products ranging from clothing, kitchenware, household appliances, children’s toys and many more.
Although Tangs does not offer super low pricings like Daiso, it offers an even wider selection of quality products. The prices may be on the high-end, however, it is still considerably affordable for most.
Do note that Tangs also has various discount rebates with some credit card companies and its very own Tangs membership card.
Also, during the festive season Tangs offers gift wrapping services to all of their customers, if requested. In addition they have a home delivery service for all customers who purchase items from them, although, there is a minimum expenditure required.
There are also many stores like Precious Thots, which specialize in such joyful occasions. Precious Thots with its many branches located all over Singapore, carry many items like soft toys, Disney related ornaments and also tons of Christmas related gifts.Precious Thots even has its own online store where you can purchase your gifts without the hassle of going through a thick Christmas crowd.
Although, by doing so, you lose the selection of their festive wrapping papers and even gift boxes, which are only offered at the store itself.
The store also offers a wide variety of ‘Hallmark’ greeting cards for one to purchase. Many of these cards have meaningful and sometimes playful messages for the receiver, which is one of the things that are great to purchase when at Precious Thots.
Finally, my personal favourite store to visit and purchase gifts from would be Ameba. It has only 5 stores in Singapore, with locations at Bugis Iluma, Parkway Parade Shopping Centre, West Coast Mall, Ameba Corner@Miko Millenia Walk and Nanyang Polytechnic.
The main reason why this is my personal favourite is because this store has a wide variety of novelty gifts for sale. Many of the products that they offer are unique and even have a vintage or nostalgic feel to it.
Their products are also produced by new age designers, who’s items range from interesting board games, voodoo dolls, soft toys, luggage tags and many more unique and quirky items. Overall, Ameba, is a very entertaining store to walk into, to say the least.
Majority of the mentioned places have an average price range of SGD $10-SGD$600+. Depending on what is purchased.
A word of advice before purchasing your gifts would be to make a trip or two just to do some window shopping and research on what to buy.
This will provide you better ideas of what to get, and also time for you to consider the various factors when getting a gift for someone.
Bear in mind that it would be pointless to purchase something that someone did not like or is not worth buying at all. Budget and tastes are key factors to your choices, so do remember to take your time and decide.
Places
Daiso
Type of Gifts: Ornamental, Food & Beverages and Household items
Website: http://www.daiso-sangyo.co.jp/english/
Tangs
Type of Gifts: Household items, Kitchen ware, Soft Toys and Electronics
Website: http://www.tangs.com.sg/main.php
Precious Thots
Type of Gifts: Ornamentals, Disney Related Ornaments, Christmas related gifts and 'Hallmark' Cards
Website: http://www.preciousthots.com/
Ameba
Type of Gifts: Unique and Quirky board games, soft toys, luggage tags
Website: http://www.ameba.com.sg/
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