Tips on How To Buy Christmas Presents for Students

I know how difficult it is as a university student from personal experience, not even a student in general to buy Christmas gifts because things out there are so expensive! Especially when you’ve got family and friends with expensive taste. I don’t know about you but personally this year I’ve decided to only get presents for family friends and family because it saves me a lot of money and I don’t have to worry about giving presents to friends who may not like the present I give them. Obviously, they won’t say they don’t like what you got for them but some of my friends don’t have poker faces, so you can tell by their facial expression that they don’t really appreciate your present. But they take it anyway in kindness and love for you.

Trust me when I say that I understand the struggle and the thought process you go through to buy a Christmas present. You don’t want it to be too expensive but at the same time you don’t want to look like a cheap skate. I understand your thoughts, I felt the same way and think the same things too. I thought it was wrong to think that way but it’s not, everyone does. 

Let me tell you a little story and an example of where I had to do this. So, last two years was the first time I had to properly think about Christmas presents for my immediate family. I literally did it so last minute, just a bit over a week before Christmas day, so I was panicking, going around Argos to look for everything for all three members of my family which wasn’t easy, because they have different preferences. I don’t know how but miraculously I managed to find presents for them in an hour. I luckily put a bit of thought into what my family would want and looked them up online on my phone. I didn’t need to put so much pressure on myself but I had to go to another Argos location which is almost an hour away by bus.

The moral of that story is don’t give yourself such limited time and make sure you don’t have to travel too far to purchase Christmas presents. I shared that story because it might help you reading who’s never really shopped for Christmas presents, with your own money. I should mention this was also the first time I spent my own money on Christmas presents as it was my first year in uni and obviously, student finance loan helped a lot.

Once again, thank you for reading this blog and I hope this helped you who might be new to shopping for Christmas presents. I also want you to be relieved with the fact that it can be stressful but you don’t have to make it stressful. You can make the process a lot easier. Just please, please, please plan ahead of time!