Gifts
Money may be tight this season, but that doesn't mean you can't still give great gifts on a budget. We asked readers to share their favorite inexpensive gifts with us. From homemade and personalized to spending limits and shopping tips, here are some ideas to help make your holidays happy. For the past 17 years, our family gives each other plenty of holiday presents - framed artwork, handmade crafts, gifts of time, gag items from the thrift store - but there is no waiting in line at the big box retailer for the "must have" gadgets of the season. It makes Christmas a challenging, interesting, thoughtful event instead of a rush to purchase items that are costly and, sometimes, not needed or useful. This tradition is almost like a treasure hunt, because creativity is an important part of the gift buying. The tradition has become so popular, friends and grandparents give us used gifts, too. When the children were young, they occasionally asked for name-brand toys and other gifts. We told them, "Santa knows, and if he has a used one at the North Pole, you'll get one." Once, we spent several days trying to locate a used battery-operated car my son wanted, and found a great deal through Craigslist. As we look back on this tradition, our family can remember many fine "not-new" gifts: the fishing trip we gave our son in Minnesota, the used scooter that he outgrew and that his younger sister really enjoys, the beautiful antique necklace from my husband. As the kids get older, they appreciate being able to come up with thrifty gifts on a budget, as well.
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