It’s Christmas time again; time for over-eating, relaxing and exchanging Christmas presents. But leading up to the festive period, the magic of Christmas can sometimes be hard to find when fighting your way through bustling crowds to try and find appropriate presents. Well, no more. Through the help of online shopping, buying Christmas presents that will make an impression is thankfully now becoming easier.

When shopping in stores it’s hard to find Christmas presents with presence because a lot of gifts are the same from shop to shop. One way of giving a statement gift is to give them something personalised that will make the present unique to them. By simply uploading photos and dates you can create personalised calendars and diaries which are a great way to give a practical and yet special gift. You can also choose a themed calendar, such as romance, golf or film and place the recipient’s name in the calendar to make them feel like a star. You can also engrave special photo frames and trinkets. Other more unusual personalisation options include writing something on a doormat for them, creating a personalised jelly mould or a walk of fame star with their name on it.

For kids, presents like the radio-controlled spider and helicopters are a great idea to keep them busy. Other creative presents like designing your own pyjamas or creating your own memory book with personalised photo albums are great ways of inspiring children. You could also adopt an animal on behalf of a child, which is not only interesting for young wildlife lovers but also encourages an interest in animal welfare and endangered species. With an adopt-an-animal gift set you get a cuddly toy, certificates, stickers and an information pack and you can feel good because it will contribute to the maintenance and care of different endangered species. If they are interested in the way the world works, getting a grow-your-own plant kit would be a great Christmas present enabling them to learn about nature and have fun too.

If you are really looking to surprise children, why not book them on a child’s fun photo-shoot or even book them into an hour of a recording studio session to make them feel like superstars! An experience like a makeover day or time in a recording studio is a fantastic present too for teenagers and adults alike; a great way to give people the chance to try something completely different.

If buying presents for a couple, there are lots of romantic options for Christmas presents that will stun and surprise. If getting married during the holiday season, buying a deluxe engraved wooden box holding a bottle of champagne and a bottle of wine is the perfect present. Not only personalised and of a high quality, the champagne is perfect for celebrating now and the bottle of wine will be perfectly matured in time for their fifth wedding anniversary. Other romantic ideas could be personalised flutes or glasses or even a personalised photo frame or photo album to capture their happy memories as they make them. Another idea could be an experience day like a wine-tasting day at a vineyard, a lunch in Paris for two trip or a ballroom dancing lesson; a novel way for them to spend well-spent time together.

Men are often so hard to buy for as they tend to just buy what they need when they see it. For a man in your life, experience days driving fast cars or watching premiership matches are a sure-fire way to get in their good books and are a way for them to let off some testosterone. Women always like a bit of pampering and pamper days out are a great way to help them relax and show you care. Options available are hot stone massages, spa days, hydrotherapy and oil treatments. Other experience days like Indian cooking lessons, belly dancing, garden design courses are excellent statement Christmas presents that can be tailored to be the perfect present and a way of giving someone something they wouldn’t necessarily think of to buy themselves.

Some experience days can be catered for a whole family, like trips out to a stately home, tickets to a theme park or west-end show. Another perfect family Christmas present would be a session with a professional photographer or portrait artist to capture the spirit of their family as well as the spirit of Christmas!

From personalised calendars to experience days to engraved objects, the perfect personalised gifts are just waiting to be created, ensuring that you give Christmas presents with presence.