ONE OF the more challenging gifts to
buy at Christmas is the one that shouldn't really take a second
thought, when those Secret Santa slips have been selected the
pressure is on, buying a gift for a work colleague, simple….Surely?
- That stress is entirely self-inflicted, our brain decides that
this gift must tick more boxes than almost any other purchase we are
making this year, well its part of our work remit and must therefore
be performed appropriately. Of course highly inappropriate gifts
can be highly amusing for the rest of the office but if the recipient
finds out then all hell might break loose, anything remotely romantic
for the lady on reception might well earn you a ribbing for some time
– You must be glad we're here to help with a selection of sub fiver
secret santa stuff:

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There are 100 pieces of magnetic felt in this box and each is a replica of an iconic Fuzzy Felt shape, from chunkcy tractor to leaping lambs there's enough inside to cover your fridge thoroughly. £9.99 gets you this much fun at Wossat

Infamous for their detailed car maintainence manuals that had wannabe mechanics stripping their cars bare to save a few quid on garage bills only to find they couldn't slot them all toegether again, or was that just us? Haynes have dabbled into a few new areas of late. These two new additions aim to increase kids knowledge in the areas of espionage and piracy with detailed information, tips, tricks, jokes and "how to" pages to help build cannons, eye-patches and spy stuff on the cheap. Written by Andrew Parkinson, author and more importantly Blue Peter badge winner we reckon are great value at £12.99 at Haynes online

If your on the hunt for spectacular secret santa stuff, stuck for what to get the in-laws or are dreading buying yet another box of boring choccies for the grandparents then head over to Iwantoneofthose sharpish, they've just started their sale and theres nearly 50% off loads of great gadgets for all. Limbo String for just a tenner, Boxing Grannies a fiver and speeding grandads just two pounds….Theres a ton more stuff to see, just get over there before they're all gone – IWOOT

GETTING INTO the festive spirit needn't mean you don a cheap Santa
hat every day or one of those cheapo lights-a-flashing, bauble topped
headbands. Just deck your desk with one or more pieces of our
“entering into the spirit” items and you're screaming Christmas
without saying a word. It is of course obligatory to hum inanely
along to at least one tune during December but you can't be accused
of any “Bah Humbug'ness” with one of these items of desktop
decoration.

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