A Christmas workplace-gifting brief should be based on the people taking part, rather than an assumption that everyone celebrates in the same way.

For an outdoor corporate gathering, choose gifts around the experience: where people will sit, what they will carry and whether the event moves from daylight into the evening.

For an executive New Year gift, begin with the recipient’s professional routine: handwritten notes, meetings, planning or carrying documents.

Choose New Year gifts for employees around the working day they are returning to: taking notes, moving between meetings, drinking at a desk or keeping a phone within reach.