Each year — around this same time — it happens. We embark on that quest to find the exquisite Christmas gift. Something a minuscule less bland. Something a minuscule more unique.
Make your quest a minuscule easier this year by giving a digital gift.
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And don’t let the name fool you. While the term “digital gift” doesn’t exactly inspire visions of Christmas day delight, a digital gift could just be the most imaginative gift you give this year.
But what exactly is a digital gift?
A digital gift is a product like an ebook, a video, or a software program. You typically buy it from an online Web site, and it is immediately ready after your purchase for downloading to your computer.
Perhaps you’ve never before plan of giving this kind of gift, because it’s not something that you can physically hold in your hands. It just doesn’t seem real enough.
But that’s exactly what makes it so unique. It’s a gift that embodies the essence of our contemporary Internet age — a lifestyle boldly seasoned with electronic belongings.
And the range of ideas for a digital gift goes on and on:
- For that budding chef you might reconsider a recipe book of wholesome Chinese food.
- Golf enthusiasts might enjoy an ebook and video instructional set about how to improve their golf swing.
- perhaps the techie on your list could use a year’s worth of quality Web site hosting.
- The practice buff would well appreciate in-depth data about how to manufacture chiseled abdominal muscles.
Of procedure after you purchase a digital gift, the question becomes, How do you wrap the thing? After all, the first “thing” you receive after you purchase a digital gift is an email describing how to download or access your purchase. And then the “things” you download are normally a set of computer files. What kind of wrapping paper could you perhaps use for that?
This is where giving a digital gift can get well fun.
One idea is to contain the download instructions in a Christmas eCard. Dispose for the eCard to be delivered on Christmas day. Dream the puzzled look on your loved one’s face as he or she tries to shape out what the eCard instructions are all about.
Or you could burn the computer files to a Cd. Then, wrap the Cd in a big box, one about the size that would be needed if the digital gift were actual physical books and/or videos.
My personal favorite recipe is to purchase a Usb flash drive (or thumb drive) and copy all of the computer files onto it. To do this, determined cut a small slit in the thumb drive packaging. Then, without damaging the packaging, remove the drive and copy your files. When that’s done, determined slip the drive back into the packaging and wrap it up.
Just Dream the fun you’ll have watching the gift recipient try to drum up enthusiasm for the gift of a thumb drive. Think about how you’ll enjoy dropping hints as you lead the gift recipient to the realization that the actual gift is what’s contained on the drive.
So give a gift that’s sure to be unlike whatever the extra people on your list have ever received before. It’s an out-of-the-ordinary gift that will spice up your gift giving. What could be more unique?
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