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10 FREE (but Thoughtful) Christmas Gift Ideas

Family Balance Sheet

This is a great idea for seniors, friends who don’t have family nearby, college students, or just about anyone on your list. My aunt gifts her nieces and nephews with loaves of homemade cinnamon bread every Christmas. The gift my grandparents really want is to spend time with my family and we enjoy spending time with them.

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30 Free but Thoughtful Christmas Gift Ideas

Family Balance Sheet

I realize not everyone has family heirlooms to give away, but my grandmother was downsizing and gifted her grandchildren pieces from her Fostoria Glass collection that were my grandparents’ wedding gifts back in 1945. My aunt gifts her nieces and nephews with loaves of homemade cinnamon bread every Christmas. Family Heirlooms.

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A clean-the-inbox Q&A

The Frugal Girl

I saw that you don’t exchange Christmas gifts with nieces and nephews on your side. What did Christmas and birthday gifts for nieces and nephews look like when they were young? In families with just a few cousins/grandchildren, I can see it working out, but not with 17 cousins/grandchildren.

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