Since a packaging career is often a family affair and camaraderie eclipses competition for the most part, you probably have a packaging professional on your holiday gift list. You can only get them so many funny socks and coffee mugs. And last-minute impulse buying rarely produces a sincere “Oh, thank you! I love it!” response.

What to do, what to do.

Here are a few ideas that might inspire you to buy one for them and one for you.

1. An industry-related book. (7 reviews!)
2. Personalized T-shirts. (Multiple sayings!)
3. Consumer goods made from recycled packages/materials. (3 options)