Comments on: Giving Gifts for the Holidays on a Budget http://moneyning.com/money-tips/giving-gifts-for-the-holidays-on-a-budget/ A personal finance blog where we share insights on carefully saving money, investing, frugal living, coupons, promo codes because the little things matter in achieving financial freedom! Sat, 20 Mar 2010 23:21:19 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Sherry http://moneyning.com/money-tips/giving-gifts-for-the-holidays-on-a-budget/comment-page-1/#comment-21919 Sherry Tue, 01 Dec 2009 05:42:37 +0000 http://moneyning.com/?p=4172#comment-21919 Sandy I agree the gift exchange is fun when done in a large group and you get to swap for what you like. Granted I have gotten stuck with a bra ball but we all had a good laugh. Don't forget re gifting is always an option in these humor gift exchanges. In our family we have taken to a gift starting with a letter in the alphabet... which takes off the pressure of themed gifts. this year we are doing the letter "C" so any thing start with C (car, candy, calculators) ...last year was B hence the Bra Ball. Sandy I agree the gift exchange is fun when done in a large group and you get to swap for what you like. Granted I have gotten stuck with a bra ball but we all had a good laugh. Don’t forget re gifting is always an option in these humor gift exchanges. In our family we have taken to a gift starting with a letter in the alphabet… which takes off the pressure of themed gifts. this year we are doing the letter “C” so any thing start with C (car, candy, calculators) …last year was B hence the Bra Ball.

]]> By: gifts http://moneyning.com/money-tips/giving-gifts-for-the-holidays-on-a-budget/comment-page-1/#comment-21881 gifts Sun, 29 Nov 2009 10:02:25 +0000 http://moneyning.com/?p=4172#comment-21881 With the festive season of Christmas closing in many of us take the calm organized approach in knowing exactly what your loved ones and friends wish for. The gifts are probably already wrapped, tagged and stored away, waiting for the 25th to hopefully bring a little joy and big smile to the recipient’s face. Others find this yearly ritual stressful and are probably too busy with their hectic life styles that for them the best way to cope is to do the mad dash for gifts on Christmas Eve. Whichever method of choice works best for you, there is still that decision in making your selection a fitting one for the lucky person in question. Once those gifts are purchased it’s just fingers crossed that duplicate items from other folk are not making their way under the tree. We all want to give and receive something special and different, not the run of the mill pair of socks that you mischievously rewrapped for your dad as an extra little prezzy. With the festive season of Christmas closing in many of us take the calm organized approach in knowing exactly what your loved ones and friends wish for. The gifts are probably already wrapped, tagged and stored away, waiting for the 25th to hopefully bring a little joy and big smile to the recipient’s face. Others find this yearly ritual stressful and are probably too busy with their hectic life styles that for them the best way to cope is to do the mad dash for gifts on Christmas Eve. Whichever method of choice works best for you, there is still that decision in making your selection a fitting one for the lucky person in question. Once those gifts are purchased it’s just fingers crossed that duplicate items from other folk are not making their way under the tree. We all want to give and receive something special and different, not the run of the mill pair of socks that you mischievously rewrapped for your dad as an extra little prezzy.

]]> By: Sandy http://moneyning.com/money-tips/giving-gifts-for-the-holidays-on-a-budget/comment-page-1/#comment-21875 Sandy Sat, 28 Nov 2009 18:14:11 +0000 http://moneyning.com/?p=4172#comment-21875 I've been using the gift exchange group idea for ages! It really saves everyone money but even more so, time and stress since we don't need to think of a gift for everyone we know. I’ve been using the gift exchange group idea for ages! It really saves everyone money but even more so, time and stress since we don’t need to think of a gift for everyone we know.

]]> By: MoneyNing http://moneyning.com/money-tips/giving-gifts-for-the-holidays-on-a-budget/comment-page-1/#comment-21872 MoneyNing Sat, 28 Nov 2009 17:42:00 +0000 http://moneyning.com/?p=4172#comment-21872 Surprises always work well, so I would suggest doing something that they weren't expecting (or something that you ARE NOT good at). As for me, I have to keep it a secret because my parents is my #1 loyal readers and they will read every comment on here :) Surprises always work well, so I would suggest doing something that they weren’t expecting (or something that you ARE NOT good at).

As for me, I have to keep it a secret because my parents is my #1 loyal readers and they will read every comment on here :)

]]> By: min http://moneyning.com/money-tips/giving-gifts-for-the-holidays-on-a-budget/comment-page-1/#comment-21868 min Sat, 28 Nov 2009 14:30:48 +0000 http://moneyning.com/?p=4172#comment-21868 Yeah, making something.... will definitely save some money especially during this economy downturn! Yeah, making something…. will definitely save some money especially during this economy downturn!

]]> By: Financial Samurai http://moneyning.com/money-tips/giving-gifts-for-the-holidays-on-a-budget/comment-page-1/#comment-21867 Financial Samurai Sat, 28 Nov 2009 14:17:04 +0000 http://moneyning.com/?p=4172#comment-21867 David, can you share with us what you will be making to give to your family/relatives? I was thinking about drawing something, like a Picasso sketch and photocopying it! Now that's scale yeah? David, can you share with us what you will be making to give to your family/relatives?

I was thinking about drawing something, like a Picasso sketch and photocopying it! Now that’s scale yeah?

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