You’ve got a new baby and Christmas is around the corner. How will you make this unique Christmas. Yes, the baby cannot tell the difference between it and any other day, but you do know that your baby won’t remain that way for too long, and the satisfaction of having memorabilia of his or her first Christmas is always a great experience. There are a host of ways of marking it. You can make a home video, or take still pictures, or have a painting. The list of possibilities goes on and on.

Books are great baby gifts. Babies grow very fast and that’s no new discovery. Your baby will soon know enough to identify it as his/her personal property. Perhaps it is such a great gift because it helps you achieve your ulterior motives: teaching him/her to read as early as possible. There are fine selections for you to pick from.

Another gift idea is to start a personal Christmas collection for your baby. Greeting card companies also make special Christmas items for babies. This is so great because by the time your baby is old enough to set up his or her own Christmas tree, there will already be a enough personal items to adorn it.

Stuffed animals are also great gift items especially for girls. They will soon learn to cuddle it. And if you have just a kid around, your baby will have a companion she can feed, tell stories, play and do all those baby stuff with.

There is babywear with special writings on it to show it is your baby’s first Christmas. If you want to take this to another dimension, you can have items of clothing customised with sayings of your choice. There are artists that specialise in writing and painting on clothes.

And taking this idea of stamping your baby’s personality on items, you can do that on other items like clocks, baby blankets and furniture. This is not an exhaustive list and what you can do to customise any of these is only limited by your personal imagination. Another good idea is items that will last for years to come. Those can become special treasures that your baby may sometimes keep to adulthood and hand over to a younger sibling, cousin or even his/her own child.

This is not where to shop for the lowest prices. The cheapest certainly won’t be the most durable. And remember, your baby can only have one first Christmas even if he or she lives to be a hundred years. So be willing to spend a little more for something that will last.

From piggy banks that will teach your baby to be thrifty to sports gifts items for those who believe they have a future sports talent, the selections available are quite huge. You know what is best for your baby. You know what will make for fonder memories. Go make this something you’ll be proud to associate yourself with.