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The more we can spread holiday cheer, the better, especially in their own neighborhood.
Here are some ideas for simple, sweet, inexpensive gifts that are exactly right.
1. Holiday Cookies. Carve out to spend a day with your favorite ladies, and bake away. Pool your recipes are divided and the goodies in gift bags or decorative bowls made of plastic gift at the end of the day.
2. Have a stack of classic chocolate on hand. My children's school has a fundraiser in September, so we can buyonly in passing gifts, along with wrapping paper. If you do not have such a fundraiser in your area, you might want to think about starting one. (Innisbrook.com grips with us.) If you're just looking for some delicious chocolates to stock up, Ferrero Rocher is a big favorite, and these chocolates can be purchased inexpensively in beautiful holiday arrangements in most discount stores. It's nice to have an extra gifts like these in the cabinet stack during the holidays, when you never know whenYou need an extra gift.
3. A bottle of your favorite (and relatively inexpensive) wine.
4. A magazine and a nice pen. It is beautiful, a special place to enable them to record their favorite personal thoughts of family memories.
5. Homemade crafts. If you have a scrapbook, take a short holiday album. If you love sewing, fashion some new placemats and potholders. And if you are not inclined to trade, quarter-shop for holiday gifts at your local craft fair. These are for searching largecheap Christmas gifts, often just sentimental enough.
6. Favorite fixin's. Combine the dry ingredients of your favorite sugar cookie recipe in a plastic bag and slide it into an inexpensive Christmas stocking. Print your baking ingredients on a celebratory day, and you use a pretty ribbon to tie the storage, together with a Holiday cookie cutter.
7. Fresh flowers. A simple bouquet of flowers, artfully arranged, is always welcome, especially if it comes with acordial note. Potted plants are wonderful, too.
8. Wreaths, or poinsettias. There is always room for more holiday greenery.
9. Gift certificates for your favorite local cafe, cafe, restaurant or soup.
10. Movie tickets (and if the family small children, throw an offer to baby-sit, too.)
11. An assortment of candles in festive colors and flavors, or an aromatherapy diffuser and essential oils. Scent of mint and cinnamon are especially beautiful this timeof the year.
12. A personalized holiday ornament for the neighbor's tree.
13. Simple photo albums or picture frames, which your neighbors decor.
14. An inspiring book of quotes or meditations.
15. A simple note to tell neighbors what they bring to your life and how much you appreciate their friendship.
Happy holidays to sell out of our neighborhood!
