Thoughts on giving Calendars as gifts??

[Shadowdh]

Hi all, I know that giving clocks is not the done thing but what about calendars? I have a couple of English Heritage calendars with great photos of places around the UK and would like to send them to a couple of friends in China... would this be ok or is it not the done thing? Cheers for any help.

[randall_flagg]

I think it would be a nice gift and greatly appreciated. Have given away calenders as gifts before and will continue to do so. Good luck!

[skylee]

It is OK.

But you might wish to note that banks/shops/companies give calendars (pretty or ugly) freely as gifts at the end / beginning every year (at least in HK), so to many people they are not a necessity. And calendars that do not contain information on local holidays etc are not really that useful. If someone gives me a nice calendar I would gladly accept it and then put it in a drawer until it is time to throw it away. But maybe it is just me. I guess some people like having calendars with nice pictures.

[flameproof]

I get about 10 calenders every near end of year. I pick one (usually a 3 or 4-month type), the rest goes into recycling. Seems they are fully ok to give or take. That our office people don't want them is less towards culture and more towards large oversupply.

@skylee

But maybe it is just me.

We are 2 now.

[roddy]

I've given similar gifts and not been accused of cultural insensitivity. As said above, there's no shortage of calendar giving, but it's mainly companies handing out promotional ones to clients and employees. Actually, it's probably companies discovering that their clients don't actually want them and then pretending they were for the employees all along.

[Shadowdh]

Thanks everyone, now that I know its not a no-no I will send them across... its not so much that they are calendars its more the fact that they have great photos of some English/UK heritage sights my friends visited when they were here... sort of a memories thing... cheers