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There’s always something special to be given. Nadia Daniel

Christmas gives us the best reason to exchange gifts with our loved ones. “Like birthdays and special occasions, Christmas gives me a wonderful opportunity to gift my friends with happiness, love and joy,” explains Oliver, a first year engineering student of Malla Reddy College of Engineering & Technology.

Gifts, of course, never come stereotyped; there’s always something, anything special to be given. If you haven’t figured out what to give this Christmas, here are some innovative and tested gifting ideas from the campuses which take care of your budget while making it unique!Virtual scrapbook: Make an online scrapbook of your friend and update it with his/her activities, a cool gift for all the techno savvies. Here are some sites which can help you: www.smilebox.com, www.scrapblog.comChristmas shoebox: Fill a shoebox with itsy-bitsy items that you might think that person will love like a keychain, bracelet and wrap it up!

Yummy treat: How about making some yummy treats like cookies, brownies for that special someone with recipes freely available on the net?Filmi funda: Buy a few DVDs of good Christmas movies and don’t forget to gift some popcorn along with them.If you’re still out of ideas there’s always Archies with personalised gift items. And if you run out of friends, you can always gift your clothes/toys to charity homes. Go a step further by gifting them yourself: spend a day with the orphans and the old-aged. With all these ideas, make sure you gift love this Christmas!

Nadia is a IInd year student of B.Com, St. Francis Degree College for Women, Hyderabad

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