With the holiday season almost upon us, I'm very interested in what giving you are doing and what limits everyone has in place to keep from going overboard.
I keep it under $50 for the niece & nephews and other family gets useful gifts like one year I gave my little sister & her family a laundry basket full of laundry soap and dryer sheets as they had been struggling (total out of pocket was less than $15 for everything). Happy to say she was moved to tears and very appreciative.
For me: my daughter's birthday is Christmas day so every year was an overboard event…. she is now out of college and an adult. I've reducing my gifting to her and per her request - receives Amazon gift cards for both birthday and Christmas…..
Really interesting advice
I'm getting one of my family members a windshield snow cover since he lives in a very cold and wintry place: https://noblerate.com/best-windshield-snow-covers/
He hates scraping off the snow and ice from his window, so I thought that this would help!
I'm getting one of my family members a windshield snow cover since he lives in a very cold and wintry place: https://noblerate.com/best-windshield-snow-covers/
He hates scraping off the snow and ice from his window, so I thought that this would help!
Yes, I'm sure they will love it. My husband got me a cover several years ago and it is fantastic.
The giving I'm crafty so I'm making all my gifts personal this yeay
This is a nice place to start some really good ideals people have….
Thanks for sharing all of your ideal people
The giving I'm crafty so I'm making all my gifts personal this yeay
What are you going to make?? I'm interested! This year, I'm going to be baking a lot more.
I have done Holiday season with as many DIY projects I could possibly do in a matter of days. I know my older family members love receiving makeup from me (so I started signing up on those random sites that give out freebies). Over the course of the year I can manage to fill up a few gift bags with small mascaras, perfume, lipglosses, etc. They are none the wiser and I keep my wallet happily afloat.
DIY is a great recommendation
Thanks for the inspiring ideas!
This year I'm giving all my nieces and nephews handmade blanket. They love getting new throws every year so this year I was going to make them all matching ones
This year I'm giving all my nieces and nephews handmade blanket. They love getting new throws every year so this year I was going to make them all matching ones
Those sound like wonderful gifts.
This year, I started my shopping earlier around October to stretch out my money. We also spent less on everyone.
I have done Holiday season with as many DIY projects I could possibly do in a matter of days. I know my older family members love receiving makeup from me (so I started signing up on those random sites that give out freebies). Over the course of the year I can manage to fill up a few gift bags with small mascaras, perfume, lipglosses, etc. They are none the wiser and I keep my wallet happily afloat.
What a smart idea!! Care to share what those freebie sites are?
Using supplies I already have to make goats milk soaps for co-workers.
Love goat milk soaps…. got some store bought from a co-worker couple years ago and it is amazing. Your co-workers are so lucky :)
It is hard with kids. Adults understand. Kids might not. One year I managed to regift everything. These days since we are all adults… we do small gives for no reason at random times of the year. That and a nice dinner when ever we are together. With my family- we all have tons of junk. We have "stuff". Another new widget is not going to improve life. Another thing I try to do- this is harder tho… is quality time. One thing I miss with a late friend is how we prayed. It was like having a direct link to God.
It is hard with kids. Adults understand. Kids might not. One year I managed to regift everything. These days since we are all adults… we do small gives for no reason at random times of the year. That and a nice dinner when ever we are together. With my family- we all have tons of junk. We have "stuff". Another new widget is not going to improve life. Another thing I try to do- this is harder tho… is quality time. One thing I miss with a late friend is how we prayed. It was like having a direct link to God.
Quality time spent with loved ones—family or otherwise—is truly the best, Roger 
My family and I have a nice dinner and don't do many gifts on Christmas either.
We swap names among the adults and buy one gift of about $30. We also do $10-$15 gifts for our nieces and nephews and $30 gifts for my spouse's three brothers. I divide what we plan to spend and save all year in a special savings account (just one I labeled "Christmas").
