What are some good, cheap things to get people for Christmas at the last minute?
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Gift certificates, esp for restaurants.
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Go to the dollar store and buy those clear large bulbs and decorate them to hang on the tree with the giftcard enclosed.  Also, my son got a really neat present one time...a gift card encased in a fancy picture frame. I thought that was pretty clever, too!
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One of my favorite "short on cash" kinds of presents is coupons.  This happens a lot between me and my wife.  I use the computer to make them nice, but they're still almost free to do - and can be for anything... walks in the park, romantic dinners, rent a movie together, Sunday drive, anything. \n\nRemember, the people who love you most value being with you over anything material that you could buy for them.\n\nMerry Christmas!
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* Package a collection of family recipes in a small box with your names and wedding date printed on the back.\n\n* Small stacks of postcards asking guests to "Keep in Touch!"\n\n* Christmas ornaments in ivory, silver, or gold tied with a velvet ribbon (For weddings during Nov/Dec)\n\n* Miniature heart-shape, hand-painted boxes with a single delectable truffle tucked inside.\n\n* Tins of mints labeled, "Mint to Be Together."\n\n* A classic like Jordan Almonds packaged in a new way -- grouped in mini birds' nests or placed inside artfully decorated pill boxes.\n\n* Sparklers, especially for an outdoor Fourth of July celebration, will allow guests to illuminate the skies once the sun goes down -- and light up your grand exit.\n\n* Caramel apples wrapped in cellophane and personalized leaf-shaped tags are the perfect treat for a Halloween wedding.\n\n* Chinese take-out boxes filled with candies and tagged with "Life Is Sweet."\n\n* Glassine bags or tiny terra-cotta pots filled with herbs or flower seeds.\n\n* CDs of the wedding-day music or favorite tunes personally created by the couple.\n\n* Mini photo albums in fun colors are gifts everyone will use.\n\n* Scrolled astrological readings tied with sheer ribbon (ask everyone to write in his or her birth date on the RSVP cards).\n\n* Luggage tags boxed and tied with an "On the Road of Life Together" ribbon.\n\n* Personalized color pencils (some even come scented) are fun and festive.\n\n* Lottery tickets are ideal -- give your guests a chance at good fortune!\n\n* Colorful clusters of miniature floral-scented soaps wrapped in tulle to match your primary wedding colors.\n\n* Romantic: A copy of Shakespeare's love Sonnets or a book of favorite love poems. Custom-create a bookmark to add a personal touch.\n\n* a jar of honey pinned with a personalized tag inspired by James Taylor: "How Sweet It Is To Bee Loved By You."
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I would make a nice gift basket that the whole family can enjoy - you could do coffees and teas for the adults, hot cocoas for the little ones, and assorted cookies & chocolates along with nice mugs for each of them. Most of this can be found pretty inexpensively if you look. \n\nOr, you can also do a pasta bowl, loaded with pastas, a couple different gourmet sauces, a pasta server, grated cheese, etc. \n\nOR, you can do a snack basket - popcorn, munchies, soda & beer, and if you wanted to, throw in a game or some movie rentals. \n\nSince you don't know them, it's tough. But you've been with your beau for a while and if he's bringing you to meet them, you're probably going to be around for a while, so buying that first gift without knowing them is hard. Good luck!
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Maybe get some of peoples favorite memorys from their lifetime.  A wedding day, a birth of a son/daughter, a visit to someplace theyve always wanted to go.  Compile several of those onto the float.  Or you could even get favorite christmas memories.  Lovely gesture by the way, thank you for giving over and above care.
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reserve a party room at a pizza place. just treat it like a girls night out type of party!\nhave people bring gifts like lingerie. even a conservative girl needs something! :)\nother gift ideas are incense, candles....romantic stuff.
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make some lovely gingerbread and personalise them by choosing a different cutter for each person. put them in a box and wrap in brown parcel paper with some pretty ribbon. i'd love to get something like that if i knew someone was on a budget.
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How about something for the house? A nice picture, anythng from www.williamssonoma.com, pretty bowls/plates, cookwear etc. \nOr try gift certificates to the movie theater, a book store or another store they enjoy.\nHow about one-night at a hotel if you have that kind of cash with a dinner paid by you, or just a nice dinner you prepare.\nAnother great website full of nice gifts is www.redenvelope.com. They may have nice robes/slippers with monograms and much more. Good luck!
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What about baking something and really making the presentation pretty with colorful cellophane paper (the one you wrap baskets with?).  Then tie it up with pretty colorful bows.  Attach a little colorful note that wishes them a good holiday and how much you appreciate their friendship.\n\nMaybe a little basket of popcorn balls, each a different color?\n(the ones where you add foodcoloring)\n\nOr maybe cute-looking gingerbread men?\n\nYes, this is time-consuming but it will save you money.\n\nBuy the presentation stuff (paper, ribbons) at dollar store type of places.\n\n\nOr instead, how about a nice candle for each friend (dollarstores have cool ones) and concentrate on the presentation by wrapping it with ribbons.  \nDon't wrap it, since its a small simple gift.  Just hand it to them and say "I got a little something for all my friends....Merry Christmas."
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buy a cheap mini xmas tree and get the kids to decorate it. They'll love the fact that they're helping you and it lets them be a little creative.
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There is a top ten Chrismas gift list for computer geeks and many other categories of people, and budgets at: \nhttp://associatedcontent.com/ \nJust click on the holiday gift section or type in a search. I think you will be pleased. Happy Holidays.
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I would get them a card for sure. You could get them a little holiday themed plushie. Those are always cute and my friends love them. Those can be easily found almost anywhere. My friends also like the little bottles of Bath and Body Works stuff. It fits inside purses and the stuff they have is great! They usually go for about $2.50 a bottle, and sometimes they have special sales. They have a lot of different types, so it's pretty fun. Inexpensive jewelry is nice too. Claire's offers a lot of that.\n\nHope this helps!
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If you only have 100....you need to scale your giving list down.  Scale back friends before family.....try to get the list down to ten or fifteen.\n\nWith what is left....why not make a calandar with pictures taken throughout the year.  Your computer software should have a template for making a calandar.  All you need is paper and a stapler!!\n\nIf you insist on giving all 25 people a present.  I would start hitting some yard sales or garage sales in your area.  You can always find interesting things at them....and most for under a couple of bucks!!!  Buy Christmas wrap in bulk....one big roll should wrap all your gifts!!\n\nGo on Craigslist....look for free stuff.  You never know what you may find for free.  One person's junk is another person's fabuluos Christmas present!!!\n\nGood luck with that!!!
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kmart has a pre thanksgiving sale\nbuy one kiss get a hug for free
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well I have a few ideas. this is for the children and the adults. if you take the presents that you will be giving everyone and hide them then have a little scavenger hunt. give everyone a piece of paper with a riddle on it (for the children pair them up or keep theirs simple) like, "I'm Big, always cold, if you leave me open things inside will go bad" (answer a frig) so then everyone who has that one will go to the frig and they will find another riddle until they find their gift. that's always a fun one and even though it's kinda childish the adults will love it, it will bring them back to their childhood. I would also suggest having some wine sangria specifically. or you could do a Yankee swap. everyone brings a gift wrap and puts it on a table. then everyone pulls a number. if you have 12 people you would have 1-12 on little pieces of paper everyone picks a number and number one goes picks a gift (no one knows who it's from) then number two goes and they can decided to keep the one they pick or take number 1's gift. and so on until everyone has a gift then once the last one picks number one gets to decide if they want to keep what they have or pick anyone else. then everyone opens them at once and laughs about what they got. I have more ideas but this is getting long. email me and I'll see what else I can come up with
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Try a World Bazaar, or some other store that has things from all over.\n\nYou could also look in a candy store at a mall or somewhere, what with Christmas coming up they might have one.\n\nIf all fails you can get mini advent calanders that have pictures of presents on them, or make your own by buying mini Hershey chocolate bars and throwing some wrapping paper on them, or tying a ribbon around them. You could also use Kisses that are hooked up with the Christmas thing, and make little clusters of bells out of them.\n\nHope this helps, good luck!