Comments on: Cheap Gifts: 53 Inexpensive Christmas Gifts

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-