Comments on: Cheap Gifts: 53 Inexpensive Christmas Gifts

By: amber

amber — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:48:27 +0000

i do cheap gifts such as at the dollar store. dollar coffee mugs, cookie tins(then bake sugar cookies) for my boyfriends parents and the neighbors, lotions and bath gels and bath sponges for girls. i also go to wal mart down the travel size isle and get dollar mini axe shower gels, sprays, and shampoos for the guys. very in-expensive. i spent fifty dollars on ten people this year! five a person and it looks more expensive seams i used the dollars store! the lotions look like bath & body!! i spent more on my boyfriend but of course, hehe.

By: sally

sally — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 17:59:23 +0000

My mother in law went to a garage sale last year and I just moved and wanted to decorate my kitchen in the wine them and you would never believe she found 2 nice vases with the tags still on them for 5 bucks. I loved it and thought it was a nice present.

By: Katsmutti

Katsmutti — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:51:43 +0000

I often give homemade gifts for Christmas. I make homemade biscotti- almond or chocolate dried cherry and also include homemade hot cocoa mix or Russian tea mix. I have made homemade butterscotch and hot fudge sauce and given them in nice mason jars as gifts. Very cheap to do- buy butter, sugar and cream at Aldi’s. Everyone raves. I have also given wonderful scented soap that I carry home from Florida every year. I have also made Lebkuchen and strudel for gifts. My kids always get lip balm, a toothbrush and a movie pass in their stockings’ – it is a Chrismas tradition. I also go to resale shops and find really neat cookbooks for my daughter. They aren’t high priced and I am recycling them to another cook. I shopped at Sahalie last Christmas and got my DD and DDIL beautiful gloves for ten dollars each- free shipping and no tax!I like to give something that can be used and not end up on the table at the garage sale in a few years.

By: Lauren @ LifeStyler

Lauren @ LifeStyler — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:06:46 +0000

Costume jewelry is a great idea. I don’t know about other people, but I freakin’ love those huge over-the-top rings, and clunky necklaces. But then again, I might just have bad taste.

By: LAL

LAL — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 14:37:23 +0000

NOTHING. Stop giving gifts is the cheapest thing. I managed to stop gift exchange with friends, but family, well can’t win all the battles.

By: Money Under 30

Money Under 30 — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:06:28 +0000

@DCBuppie: Wouldn’t it be nice if we could just tell everybody. “Eh, let’s skip the gifts this year.” It’s so much easier said than done.

@Paula: I had NO idea cookbooks cost that much. Most of mine I have received as gifts…guess they were bigger gifts than I thought. Yikes!

By: Paula

Paula — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:59:09 +0000

I review cookbooks for a living, and I’m not sure I’d put “a great cookbook” up there. You’re going to have a hell of a time finding anything decent for under $30, and the hot new stuff for fall is all $50-up.

Unless you meant writing someone a cookbook, an activity which I wholeheartedly support.

By: DCBuppie

DCBuppie — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:11:41 +0000

How about a big old handful of NOTHING!

sorry..my money went to the bailout..lol

By: Live for Improvement

Live for Improvement — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:53:14 +0000

There is really nothing better than nice socks.

-Dan Malone-