The Art of Choosing a Christmas Gift Worth Keeping for a Lifetime
The joy of giving sparks in how a gift becomes part of our story, turning a simple gesture into the beginning of a legacy. To make it truly meaningful, we must prepare — asking ourselves, and the world, the right questions. The overture to the symphony of a perfect gift is this very list: whom we are giving to, why, with what meaning, and what future we imagine for the piece we place in their hands.
You are reading this text on the website of a jewellery house that exists only because, more than a century ago, people with astonishing lives (simply imagine carrying daily responsibility for twenty-two million square kilometres!) decided that Easter required summoning a sense of celebration through objects of decorative art crafted in gold and precious stones.
Their distant (and rather charming!) descendant of those Imperial Eggs, Fabergé egg pendants, still fulfil the same purpose all year round. All that remains is to answer a few questions to understand whom, and why, one might wish to delight with such a gift.
To whom: an important woman from your youth.
Why: because she played a part in who you are today.
Life is a curious thing. Beyond the obvious figures — mothers and grandmothers — there are hyper-responsible sisters and extravagant aunts, bright teachers and mentors who went extra mile. Some lucky people had muses, who are now their friends.
So this December you may feel the urge to offer a festive “thank you” or “you are a legend” in a shape of iconic precious egg pendant. This one will tell that she was a star then, and still is now.
To whom: the person who loves you despite having every reason not to.
Why: because love is a curious thing. Yet utterly essential.
Thanks to the popular psychologists living in our smartphones, we’ve quite lost track of where love ends and the sort of behaviour begins that can be neatly explained in a forty-second monologue about an avoidant attachment style — one destined to collect a hundred thousand views. She has you, she has her phone, and yet she still smiles when she sees you after just a couple of days apart. A precious reminder that you love her too is, in such a case, a rather perfect gift:
To whom: the person with whom you’ve been through so much
Why: because one of you really ought to award the other something resembling a medal for bravery
Life offers all sorts of adventures – some unfortunate, some delightful. Perhaps you have a friend who invented them for you? Or you invented them, and your friend dealt with the consequences? In any case, if the two of you have spent years slipping out of tight corners or have survived something twisted in a good way together, we happen to have just the thing: an egg pendant shaped from a charming little spiral of gold.
To whom: a dear woman you often worry about.
Why: let her feel seen, while you hope she is safe.
First, the run-up to Christmas is full of Sagittarius birthdays. If that means nothing to you, simply read on. But if you have someone dear who understands herself entirely through the lens of that zodiac sign, you already see why our next suggestion is to give her a little talisman for good fortune. Great choice for someone too daring and too adventurous. Besides, our Surprise Egg Lockets make a wonderful conversation starter – and a most effective icebreaker.
To whom: someone dear who wants a dog, but autoimmune circumstances have intervened.
Why: gold is a hypoallergenic metal.
If someone important to you longs to be the whole world for a dog (we do not deserve the, but still), yet cannot for health reasons, there isn’t always a solution. But a precious attempt at comfort is worth far more than the money in question.
