Group gifts are becoming increasingly common in contemporary times.
A friend's group gift is ideal for occasions like birthdays and graduation parties. An average of $50 per head is spent to purchase gifts for graduation parties. Don't you think it makes more sense if you gift the graduating person or the birthday boy one nice splendid gift in stead of individually turning up with books, music players, ipod, cameras, cards etc.?
If you combine the total budget of individual gifts presented, you will find that the money spent was enough to allow the purchase of, say, a handy cam which is unarguably better than either a camera or an ipod, in terms of monetary value.
Moreover, shopping for individual gift items involves a lot of time, energy and at times it turns out to be expensive. But when a group of friends decide to give a group gift to a friend of theirs, people tend to contribute as much as they can afford, and the remainder is filled up by the contribution of others in the group who are not as cash strapped.
A gang of girls will usually choose earrings, small cosmetic items, wristlets, trinkets and other such itsy bitsy items for their female friend along with a greetings card at the most.
But if they decide on a group gift for a change, the money collected will make it possible to afford a really nice complete jewelry set, packed in a beautiful gift box. Or they may settle for a complete make-up kit that is infinitely more preferable and will create a stronger impression than itsy bitsy lip colors, nail varnish and jewelry items.
The main logic behind group gifting, so popular among friends groups, is that group gifting makes it possible to present a better and more expensive gift that looks nice and is much more useful.
Some nice and affordable group gifts that are ideal for gangs of friends are:-
A complete set of Shakespeare's plays
An attractively packaged gift basket filled with cakes, pastries, designer chocolates, truffles, pralines, pretzels, gourmet cheese and cookies, biscotti, gelato frozen desserts, candies and other such lip smacking mouth watering delicacies in large numbers.
A drawing room white metal centerpiece designed like a tree with tiny picture holders hanging from the branches is a unique group gift idea. You can put the photos of each member of the friend gang in those small picture holders.
You may also consider presenting a collage portrait of all the friends in the gang pouring out their good wishes and signatures which are engraved at the bottom.
If your friend is a connoisseur of art, you all may consider gifting an oil painting done by a famous painter that he/she would go crazy over.
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