Occasion, age, budget, interests
The right gift is harder to find than to afford. Tell us the occasion, the age and the budget and we shortlist the ideas worth wrapping.
Time, skill and story. A lesson with someone remarkable, a trip taken with one parent, an object with a date engraved. Anything that cannot be bought again is remembered.
Between 150 and 1,500 euros at a christening, and thereafter thought counts more than amount. The best godparents give one meaningful thing a year and turn up.
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