What would you buy for Christmas gifts?

Question

The comany I work with always does a Christmas dinner at the owners/bosses house, and every year we exchange Christmas gifts but I am hopeless at picking things out. Please help with some ideas. I am a female (early 40's) and I work in an office with a 25 year old male, in our other office there is three females all early 40's and one female 22, two males, (one of them being the owner/boss) both early fourties-None of us (other than the boss) has very much money so we like to keep the cost down. any suggestions?

Answer 1

I like to give consumables to my co-workers. Depending on what they like give a nice coffee mug filled with chocolates (buy in bulk from Costco) and a $5.00 or so gift card to Starbucks or your local coffee joint tucked in. It's a fairly inexpensive but nice gift.

Answer 2

Throughout the year. If I see something that I know someone will love, I'll pick it up and store it until either their birthday or Christmas, whichever comes first. Especially if it's on sale lol Throughout the year shopping just makes Christmas shopping so much less stressful since it's only small amounts of money here and there rather than one bulk amount a few months before Christmas.

Answer 3

Try themed gift baskets. They can be inexpensive, and cute. I got one for Xmas that had a mug, a plate, small boxes of candy, a selection of teas and cocoa, and a cozy lap blanket. It was in a basket with a velvet lining. Cost:$20. The giver called it "snuggle up by the fire on a cold winter's night for one."
Another would be some individual serving snacks, like nuts and pretzels and popcorn, and a Blockbuster gift card for a video rental in the center.For a bigger price tag, add a couple cans of beer or soda, a cheap beer stein from Walmart, more snacks, or more rentals on the card. Call the basket "movie nite at home."
If you know what the person likes, pick a theme. They like ice cream? A selection of ice cream toppings, a couple of sundae dishes[again, use Walmart or a discount house], a gift certificate for the local ice cream place, maybe a scoop or some long spoons.
Think like those catalogues that we get at Xmas with the cheese and sausage gift packages, and do that. Buy some hard cheeses, some summer sausage, some crackers, a bottle of sparkling non alcohol grape juice, and if you want to spend more, a cheese knife or a small cheese plate. If you warn your hostess in advance, you could even do refrigerated cheese products, just make sure she will have frigerator space for it. I did that one year, the recipient loved it.
Check out those gift boxes that the department store sells. They do the theme gifts expensively, you can do it yourself for cheap. Campbell's soup does one with mini cans of soup and 2 soup bowls, planters make gift packs of three or four cans of nuts.
The person is a candy freak? Buy several boxes of candy, in small to large size, wrap each individually, and stack them with a ribbon on top. Great for regifting.
And do your own food crafts. Spiced or sugared nuts in cute reusable jars,[like the canning jars with the rubber lids] a tin of home made candy or gormet brownies or cookies, as the budget allows, put in a selection of teas and/or coffees. A Libby glass xmas tree filled with holiday wrapped hard candies.
It may be time for drawing of names. Most people are relieved when this is suggested in an ofice. At my last job, we wrote down several items we might like on the paper with our name, that way the person has a clue what you want, and the recipient is still suprized with their gift. I wrote down chocolate candy, Hershey's quality or better, and got bags of Hershey one year, and a small box of See's candy the next. And it was easy for the giver, everyone sells candy.
One more, a Xmas house guest package. Some of those cute Xmas fingertip towels, some Xmas individual soaps, a soap dispenser, Xmas themed.

Answer 4

Why not have everyone make up "wish lists"? List 3-4 things on the list within the agreed price range. Everyone will get something they need and want.

Or, you can exchange names and do the same thing- use the wish list. Be fair about setting the price limit so those who have limited resources don't have to break the bank for the holidays.

Answer 5

Buy them each a box of chocolates or candles under $10 each. Why not start a tradition of picking out one name to buy gifts for. Put all your names in a folded paper in a hat/basket and each one of you pick out a name. Keep it a secret until X'mas day to give them the gift so each one won't know who they will receive the gift from. Set a limit on the price of each gift, like not more than $10. That way each will get and give only one gift. Isn't that more sensible and affordable?

Answer 6

Stick to non personal items. Pick something that may make their job easier, such as: calender, day planner, nice pen set, a desk clock, pen and pencil holder maybe engraved. You could always give them a gift certificate to a Staples or an Office depot. Good luck and I hope this helped a little.

Answer 7

Draw names out of a hat. And incase someone doesn't know what a person likes put hobbies or something about urself on there *like my favorite sport is:, my favorite color is:, favorite animal; ect*

and make a range of how much to spend. so just incase someone spends alot more than what they got and then that person will felt like the other one didn't care what they goy for someone else.

another way to pick people is to make up a paper with what you like and hobbies. *books,movies and things listed above*

then put them in an envelope. Pick an envelope at random...and if u get ur own put it back.

then a price range..*i did this in my religion class*

Answer 8

What about page-a-day calendars? They're always fun and very co-worker appropriate. You seem to work in a small office-- it would be easy to pick a calendar to suit each of your co-workers interests and www.barnesandnoble.com has not only a wide variety, but most of them are under $10 and if you spend $25 or more, shipping is usually free!

Answer 9

lottery tickets the scratch ones