{"id":2394,"date":"2013-12-02T21:09:13","date_gmt":"2013-12-03T02:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.changinglanes.biz\/?p=2394"},"modified":"2015-11-15T21:52:46","modified_gmt":"2015-11-16T02:52:46","slug":"holiday-gift-giving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.changinglanes.biz\/index.php\/2013\/12\/02\/holiday-gift-giving\/","title":{"rendered":"Holiday Gift Giving"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Buying Christmas gifts for family members is hard enough and now you have to buy something for your staff members too!<a href=\"http:\/\/www.changinglanes.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/gifts.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-2405\" src=\"http:\/\/www.changinglanes.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/gifts-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"gifts\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Whether you want to give everyone the same gift across the board or make each one a little more personalized here are a few ideas:<\/p>\n<p><b>Gift Certificates<\/b> \u2013 Gas cards, restaurants, grocery stores.<\/p>\n<p><b>Cash bonus<\/b> \u2013 Everybody loves cash and it may be tax deductible (ask your accountant the proper way to handle this)<\/p>\n<p><b>Food<\/b> \u2013 Turkeys, hams, assorted boxes of chocolates, popcorn tins (remember to consider any dietary restrictions)<\/p>\n<p><b>Extra paid time off<\/b> \u2013 Many staff members would love an extra couple of days off around the Holidays<\/p>\n<p><b>Fun for a day<\/b> \u2013 Have everyone bring a dish and play games, chat and take the day to just goof-off<\/p>\n<p><b>Christmas dinner<\/b> \u2013 Invite your staff members and significant other to a special Holiday dinner. Alcohol is always optional<\/p>\n<p><b>Logo items<\/b> \u2013 Shirts, coats, mugs filled with candy<\/p>\n<p><b>Trolley Ride<\/b> \u2013 Get everyone on board and travel the city to see the Holiday lights<\/p>\n<p>Any of these items should be followed with a personalized note of gratitude for their services from you No matter what you are able to afford your gift will be welcomed if it is accompanied by a sincere note of appreciation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Buying Christmas gifts for family members is hard enough and now you have to buy something for your staff members too! Whether you want to give everyone the same gift across the board or make each one a little more personalized here are a few ideas: Gift Certificates \u2013 Gas cards, restaurants, grocery stores. Cash [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.changinglanes.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.changinglanes.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.changinglanes.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.changinglanes.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.changinglanes.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2394"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.changinglanes.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2394\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3205,"href":"https:\/\/www.changinglanes.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2394\/revisions\/3205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.changinglanes.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.changinglanes.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.changinglanes.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}