What's your Christmas shopping style?

To get inspiration, you:

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Rely on your intuition
Use your imagination
Scour catalogues and websites
Improvise

The present you had wanted to buy is no longer available. You:

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Look around the shop to see if you can find something else
Buy the materials to make one yourself. It can’t be that hard
Are angry with yourself for not having bought it sooner
Get the thing nearest to it in the shop

Someone in your family has given you a list of things they want. What’s your reaction?

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You’ll take it shopping with you in case you need it
You won’t be consulting it. Why ruin the surprise?
Study at length the relative merits of different play mats
You are hugely relieved to have some guidance

Your sister-in-law suggests you get a play mat for her little boy. You:

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Find one that you like, but have other things in mind just in case
Let someone else get the play mat – you will think of something more original
Study at length the relative merits of different play mats
Buy the first one you see on babyplaymats.com

Your mum doesn’t seem to like the present you got her. You are:

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Annoyed
Disappointed
A little irritated
Relaxed about it

Your nephews are unwrapping an enormous pile of presents. You think:

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They aren’t even taking time to appreciate their presents
They would have more fun with a piece of wood and some string!
At least there will be one present they will be pleased with
Next year I won’t bother buying anything and they won’t even notice

When you were little and you got a present you didn’t really like, you:

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Just left it in a corner
Adapted it to turn it into something you liked more
Played with it anyway so that no one noticed
Cried

If you could ask for any gift, what would it be?

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Happiness
eternal youth
a fairy godmother to grant your wishes
endless riches

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What’s your Christmas shopping style?

To get inspiration, you:

The present you had wanted to buy is no longer available. You:

Someone in your family has given you a list of things they want. What’s your reaction?

Your sister-in-law suggests you get a play mat for her little boy. You:

Your mum doesn’t seem to like the present you got her. You are:

Your nephews are unwrapping an enormous pile of presents. You think:

When you were little and you got a present you didn’t really like, you:

If you could ask for any gift, what would it be?

The perfect Christmas gift

Personality Test

To get inspiration, you:

The present you had wanted to buy is no longer available. You:

Someone in your family has given you a list of things they want. What’s your reaction?

Your sister-in-law suggests you get a play mat for her little boy. You:

Your mum doesn’t seem to like the present you got her. You are:

Your nephews are unwrapping an enormous pile of presents. You think:

When you were little and you got a present you didn’t really like, you:

If you could ask for any gift, what would it be?