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I gave my wife a mobile phone at Christmas.

私はクリスマス **に** 妻 **に** ケータイをあげました。

Now there're two "に" in the sentence. Any method to avoid repetition? Is it
necessary?
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Is it necessary to repeat に in the following sentence?
Although you appear to understand this, I'm still going to say it for
beginners' sake: these two にs are indicating two different things.

The に in クリスマス **に** is indicating the time the action took place.

The に in 妻 **に** is indicating the receiver of the action.

There is nothing unnatural about this kind of repetition. However if you
really wanted to say the same thing without any repetition, you could say
something like:

私はクリスマスプレゼントとして、妻にケータイをあげました。
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