"Baskets"

One of my favorite ways to give gifts is in baskets/boxes/care packages.  You don't have to use an actual basket.  Be creative.  If you are giving popcorn bowls, use the largest bowl as the "basket."  Fill it with a box of popcorn (obviously) and a movie or two.

One of the great things about these baskets are you can spend as little or as much as you want.  A friend recently gave my husband and I a wedding present.  Instead of a traditional present, she combined the wedding gift and the Christmas season together.  A photo box was the base.  She added a couple of mugs, kitchen towls, a couple of packets (not a whole box) of cider, hot cocoa, sugar cookie mix....She easily spent $75. 

However, say you only wanted to spend $25-30.  Use the mugs as a base, stuff each with a thin kitchen towl, a packet of cider and/or hot cocoa (almost everyone already has a box).  Use a gift bag as wrap.  You might even have some money left over if you find inexpensive items. 

I could go on and on. 

Jen