The economic recession causes many families to cut back on their spending, Personal Presents, the leading providers of personalised gifts online, are finding light at the end of the tunnel, after many parents are finding it the ideal time to teach their children about financial responsibility.

Encouraging children UK-wide to save their pocket money for a rainy day or to encourage saving for a special purchase or spending money for a forthcoming summer break, the beautiful piggy banks available from the Buckinghamshire based firm have grown in popularity, especially with parents who are keen to encourage saving in their offspring in order to prepare themselves for periods of financial difficulty.

Mr Hertel, from the firm who offer christening gifts, personalised anniversary gifts and even birthplates, said, “Our personalised piggy banks are fantastic for teaching children how to save and what better time than during the downturn!"

Offering bespoke designs to cater to all tastes, Personalised Presents offer football and rugby ball shapes to suit those sports enthusiasts, distinctive zodiac signs for the astrologically inclined, piggy banks for traditionalists, bible shaped piggy banks ideal for christening and communions, teddy bear shaped banks for bear lovers and even toadstool or mushroom banks complete with fairies and pixies for the whimsical!

Christianity took on many of the customs practiced by those in pre-Christian Europe including Easter and Christmas. It was thought that by doing so it would make this forward-thinking religion more acceptable to those in the pagan community.  Gift giving began as a ritual practiced by the pagans, which was then superseded by Christianity to coincide with the gifts given to baby Jesus in the form of Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh.  Today, Christening gifts have taken on a new lease of life, and swapping Gold for Silver, today’s tokens of love and affection tend to be of a plated nature.

Mr Hertel, from the firm who offer