Giving music as a gift sounds simple enough — until you realize just how personal musical taste can be. What seems like a great idea in theory often turns out to be a much trickier choice in practice. Buy someone (0) THE wrong album and it's 1 not to notice the look of disappointment as they lift the wrapping paper. There are two rules about buying albums as a Christmas present. First, steer 2 of the novelty purchase and second, avoid 3 too difficult. Such albums will get played twice, laughed 4 once. Then never touched 5 Christmas is about easy-access entertainment, not challenging art. Other 6 that, it's a minefield. The truth 7 that people's tastes are personal and frequently difficult 8 guess.