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Gift Ideas for Retirement

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It can be difficult to think of a gift ideas for retirement, especially when after most of a lifetime, the person retiring is likely to have almost everything they want or need.



caja gift It's a case of retirement gift ideas for someone who might have everything, or at least has entered a reflective stage of their lives and may think that retirement gifts are unnecessary.

So what to do?

  • You could get gifts that imply relaxing at home or on holiday, such as a hammock or a sarong.


  • You could get gag gifts, such as a work 'prison' release form signed by the CEO or a sign saying "[insert name] Pty Ltd Headquarters" for their garden shed.


  • You could get them something that they can fill their time with, such as nurturing a bonsai, or print out a 3m long Sudoku puzzle.

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  • You could get something silly for "the person who has everything" - such as a belly-button lint remover.


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  • You could get them something that refers to their age, such as magnifying-glass-attached toenail clippers, or magnifying-glass-attached tea strainer.


Best of all, you could get them something that honours their time in the work place such as a scrapbook, with photos of places as well as people, and signed captions by the others in the workplace.
Even better if you can pose something that belongs to the person retiring in some of the newer 'set-up' photos, such as their mug or pot-plant, for a humorous twist.

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