About GiftieGiftie

(or How Holiday Stress can be channelled for good...)

Rather than being a problem child, GiftieGiftie was the child of a problem.

For a number of years we had tried various home-grown, partial solutions to help our increasingly large and dispersed families figure out what to get one another for Christmas, birthdays, and (of course) Millard Filmore Day...

Was Dad still interested in minature furniture?
Did Paul get himself the slick new GPS he was talking about, or would he still like it?
Didn't Karen mention that she was interested in kayaking?
Does anyone remember whether Sam likes murder mysteries or spy thrillers?
And what, for the love of consumerism, is a PanGallactic Ultra Slime Blaster?

You've been here, yes? Time is tight, expectations are high, and this is the year when that budget that you set for yourself is actually going to stick! This year we'll give gifts that are thoughtful, fun. This year we will get things done early, with no stress...

Check.

OK, we're all friends here so we won't even mention that typical holiday tableau of wildly circling the mall parking lot trying to figure out that perfect gift, only to settle for a parking space that is only nominally within walking distance of the stores, and a gift that is more expensive, less ideal and just generally less fun that we had hoped.

That's were GiftieGiftie can help out. With GiftieGiftie...

Your friends and family can tell you what they want... and still be surprised when they get it!
You can chat with friends, family and other GiftieGiftie members to come up with a great idea for a gift
You can buy the gifts online... no more mall trolling!

What's more, we're adding new features all the time, and some of our best ideas have come from users like you. Come on in, give us a spin. We'll be you'll like ol' GiftieGiftie and we'd love to hear how you think it could be made even better!