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Christmas is just around the corner with the associated dilemma of what to buy your friends and family. Forget the embarrassing fluffy slippers, novelty tie or christmas socks, this year, put a smile on their faces and help others less fortunate than ourselves by buying them a charity Christmas gift.

Charities such as Oxfam, World Vision, NSPCC, Present Aid and Practical Action, WWF offer a wide range of gifts starting from as little as £5 and that will appeal to all ages!

But what’s on offer?

We took a quick look at the Christmas Charity Gift shops and have come up with a few ideas to help you decide….

World Vision Must Have Gifts
1. 5 chickens will lay enough eggs to feed a family – £14
2. Buy a goat and help farmers in Kenya – £18
3. 10 fruit trees helps a family grow their own produce – £10

Oxfam
1. Health check-ups fund clinics in remote areas – £6
2. School dinners for 100 children in poor communities – £6
3. Build a bog helps prevents the spread of disease – £50

Present Aid
1. Beehive gives poor farmers in Bolivia another income – £21
2. Disaster survival kit to help families in emergencies like floods – £10
3. Basketball to bring people together through sport – £8

Practical Action
1. Fluffy ducks give eggs and income to families in Bangladesh – £10
2. Tiny Trees provide food and raw materials for people in Sudan – £15
3. Cuddly Alpaca help families in the freezing Peruvian Andes – £50

WWF
1. Picture Pocket Diary 2009 printed on recycled paper – £2.95
2. Adopt a wild polar bear; help this endangered animal – £29.99
3. Adopt a wild panda to help protect their habitat in China – £29.99

Don’t forget there’s also the Letters to Santa to help the NSPCC, mosquito nets, chickens, goats, toilets, even providing water for an entire village! You won’t have to deal with livestock turning up on your doorstep either, the charities make all the arrangements and will send a free card and momento to the receiver of your charity gift.