Does your dad really need a new pair of socks or a hanky?
Does your sister desperately need that new CD?
Of course we would be happy to help you out with a christmas present for your racer dad, son, brother, sister or mum, but this christmas when you think about hitting the shops, stop first to check out a few of the following websites – sources of gifts that really do keep on giving:

• Everything in common – Uniting Church Overseas Aid
• [Arguably] the Worlds Most Useful Gift Catalogue – Tear Australia
• Smiles Gift Catalogue – World Vision
• Unwrapped – Oxfam

Whether it’s a goat, toys, an organic vege garden, or just a really crap present you are after, there is something here to delight anybody, and help those who need it most.