Many companies and offices are in the habit of exchanging Christmas gifts among co-workers, and the challenge of finding something appropriate and appealing for a boss or a colleague you don’t know very well can be a problem.  To make everything easier for you, the online gift retailer www.find-me-a-gift.co.uk has put together a little list.

You can check out the more than 4,000 gift suggestions at the site, but here are a few samples to give you the idea.

Under ‘Christmas Gifts Boss’ you’ll find Cow Hot Socks, cosy 100% cotton put-your-fee-up-and-relax socks to warm and sooth tired feet.  For the sports fan there’s the handheld Big Match Football Sound Machine, with 16 perfectly authentic ‘game sounds’.  The Socks are priced at about £20.00, the Sound Machine at about £10.00.

If you know an office ‘dogsbody’ who usually ends up doing all the stuff no one else wants to do, you have the Anger Management Stress Ball, a set of three squeezable balls the gopher can use to relieve the pressure of all that built-up resentment.  Look under ‘Christmas Gifts Fun’; the stress balls sell for about £7.00.

Every office has at least one gossip.  For your favourite gossip, check out the Personalized Notebook Magazine Cover, also at about £7.00.  Put him or her on the cover of a magazine you can select, such as FHM or Heat, with the recipient’s name as the headliner.  Look under ‘Christmas Gifts Celeb Notebook’.

On a more practical note:  for someone you know who loves going out in the cold, hiking, skiing, camping etc. ‘Christmas Gifts Outdoors’ offers two versions of the invaluable hand warmer.  The Volkswagen Camper Van Hand Warmers, set of two for about £6.00, or the Naughty But Nice Hand Warmers, cupcake version.  A set of two is only £7.00.

Gift giving used to be focused on personal relationships, but now businesses are realizing that they can get ahead by offering corporate gifts, which can advertise for them while also pleasing consumers.  Here are just a few of the many ways that businesses can utilize gifts to make a splash in the business place.

The first is seasonal gifts, which can be used as promotional items during holiday periods.  In order to stand out from the large amount of companies that hand out Christmas gifts, you may want to consider sending out your Christmas gifts earlier so that they get yours first.  Branded pen and pencil sets are a great gift as well as promotional items that can inspire them to buy your products during the entire year, when they see your logo on the gift you provided.

Another great place for corporate gifts is at events such as seminars, workshops, important business events, and trade shows.  By handing out gifts as awards and door prizes to ensure that all materials that reach consumers are branded with your logo you make it easy for customers to find you.

Finally, if you want to offer a sincere thank you to workers you may want to consider offering employee recognition gifts, which will let your employees know that you care.  In order to make gift giving even better, you will want to choose gifts that fit all ages of employees such as snack packs, gift baskets, ornaments, pens, bestseller novels, first aid kits, and other useful items that people will enjoy.