• Gift cards can work if you're at a loss.christmas gifts image by Maria Brzostowska from Fotolia.com
  
  Sometimes gift shopping is as fun as sitting in traffic, especially when buying for young people whose likes can constantly change. Guys under 25 can already be settled into a job or career, switching to a new career, graduating from college or graduate school or going back to school for more education. As long as you have a basic understanding of the guy's interests, gift-giving doesn't have to be quite as daunting.
  
  

Sports

• Shop at sporting good stores for the athletic guy in your life. Maybe he likes baseball and needs a new glove, batting gloves or bat. Perhaps he's into cross-country training and would benefit from the latest in running gear including quality sports socks and shirts. Gift cards to sporting good stores are another option. Sports fans might enjoy gifts like custom NFL team M&M's, football remote controls, custom bobble head dolls, personalized pub-style beer glasses, embroidered college team throw blankets and micro brew beer bucket gift baskets to enjoy during game time. Sports jerseys, track suits and bicycle accessories are additional gift ideas for the young sports enthusiast.
  
  

Environment

• Eco-friendly and environmentally themed gifts are perfect options for the green-minded guy. Stainless steel canteens make great gifts that reduce use of plastic water bottles, or buy a supply of colorful tote bags to ensure he never has to cart home his groceries in plastic bags again. Recycled gift items are sure to please; options include items like recycled throw pillows, wallets made from road maps or recycled plastic, LPs recycled into bowls, recycled vinyl record wall decor and recycled paper notebooks and journals. Other fun eco-friendly gifts include gadget solar chargers, water-powered alarm clocks, miniature ecosystems in glass jars and recycled messenger bags. Reusable glass water bottles and organic cotton T-shirts are additional options.
  
  

Funny

• Young guys almost always welcome humorous gifts such as rugs shaped to look like manholes and leg lamp ornaments from the classic holiday movie "A Christmas Story." Flash drives with characters from "Star Wars" and Japanese anime and hot sauce-of-the-month and bacon-of-the-month clubs make humorous gifts and you can go crazy with the seemingly endless variety of goofy key chains, key chain bottle openers and key caps. A personalized plush toy created from a picture of your guy is another funny gift that is sure to please. Funny books such as office survival tips or books by his favorite comedian are additional options.