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by Betty Melancon, Bet

Who gets a Christmas gift basket and who gets a one item gift?

If Christmas is a hectic time of year at your house Christmas gift baskets are a real time saver ? just order from a catalog or on the internet and someone else wraps and delivers. You can send a Christmas gift basket to almost everyone on your list. Surely a good friend, a co-worker, your beauty operator, a favorite teacher, your pastor, family member, a new baby or just someone you want to remember for no reason at all would love to receive a Christmas gift basket.

A good friend should be easy to find a gift for but not always, sometimes they have everything already. Maybe a cosmetic gift basket of their favorite cosmetics of their favorite brand or a Christmas gift basket filled with hobby needs. A bottle or two of wine from Country Wine Gifts Baskets or a gift basket from their favorite bakery would also be appreciated as a Christmas gift basket. We all like to receive a flower gift basket to brighten our home for Christmas. A Christmas gift basket from Harry and David is fun to receive too.

A co-worker's Christmas may be as busy as yours and they might appreciate a gift certificate from Honey Baked Ham presented in a small Christmas gift basket. They might also appreciate a Chocolate and Wine gift basket to enjoy when they get a day to put their feet up. A food gift basket of some kind should also be welcome.

Your beauty operator is usually overworked during Christmas too. A gift of money presented in a Christmas gift basket or a Christmas gift basket ordered from a catalog or the internet would be fun to receive. A Christmas gift basket with things that their children might enjoy would be a real treat for the whole family. A gift certificate to her favorite restaurant might be greatly appreciated.

You may be taking a class or your children have a favorite teacher who would certainly enjoy receiving a Christmas gift basket. They might enjoy a Christmas gift basket from a cheese company like Swiss Colony Cheese. They have some great nibbling baskets as I am sure other cheese companies also have. If your teacher has children a cookie bouquet basket would be a good choice. When there are children in the family a delivered Christmas gift basket is exciting.

Your pastor might really appreciate a Christmas gift basket. This Christmas gift basket might be given individually or as a group gift basket. It might be a token gift of some book he would like to have or you may know of a larger gift he might appreciate and several people could join together in a Christmas gift basket. They like the rest of us always like to receive something we may not buy for ourselves. Gift certificates are always fun put together as a Christmas gift basket. A larger Christmas gift basket with something the whole family would enjoy is also exciting.

There are always those aunts and uncles and grandparents who have always remembered you through the years for special occasions that would like to receive a Christmas gift basket from you. A Christmas gift basket full of notes from people who remember them fondly would make their day. Special homemade gifts packed in a Christmas gift basket would be a good idea too. Stationery, cards and stamps put together in a basket would be another useful gift. Gift certificates to a restaurant near their home would be nice as well as Christmas gift baskets from a catalog or the internet. Young or old we all love to receive gifts.

A new baby at Christmas time is always a reason to receive a Christmas gift basket. Many baby stores will put together a delightful Christmas gift basket for you. Or you could pack your own basket if you know some special things the baby could use. If the baby lives far away you know that household would be delighted to receive a Christmas gift basket. The basket could contain simple needed things like diapers and powder or it could contain a special silver plate and cup for that baby's first Christmas gift basket.

Then if you have funds left over it is always nice to send a Christmas gift basket to someone as a surprise for no reason at all. Go through some of those Christmas gift catalogs you get in the mail and order something just for fun. It will make you happy as well as the recipient.

If you like to make up your own Christmas gift baskets you can find baskets at many places during the holidays. Michael's and Crate and Barrel have all kinds of shape baskets at reasonable prices or you can buy a very good basket from Longaberger that will last and last. You can find them on Ebay.

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If you've ever ordered gift baskets online you've probably noticed that those that are well thought out and presented are very often quite expensive. With that in mind, have you ever considered creating your own Christmas gift baskets? You can make them quite easily by selecting a theme and buying gifts and products to compliment that them. Baskets can be found quite inexpensively at local craft stores or can be purchased in bulk online. Another thing you can do is recycle your own baskets. You can spray paint them to cover up any potential flaws and add decorative wrapping, ribbons, bows, and/or tinsel in order to complete the look.

Perhaps the easiest Christmas baskets to assemble revolve around food. You can check out gourmet food sites online for ideas and inspiration revolving around the idea of elegant gourmet gift baskets for Christmas. Some great things to include in your gourmet gift basket include: gourmet cheeses, crackers, and/or wine; gourmet coffees with mugs and perhaps coffee stirrers; a pasta basket with flavored olive oil, sun dried tomatoes, or special blends of Italian seasonings?the possibilities are limitless.

Christmas baskets that include bath, body, and or beauty products are also a great gift idea. You can really have fun with these baskets by creating a theme. If you're going for a Hawaiian theme you could include pineapple soap, a loofah, orchid body spray, and perhaps coconut shampoo. You could elect a spa theme and include bath bombs, salts, scrubs, and a nice back brush. You could also create a cosmetic basket with ingredients such as nail polishes, lips sticks, brushes, and other essential beauty accoutrement.

If you're really creative you can create gift baskets around the hobbies of those on your list. For the movie buff you can create a gift basket with DVDs, popcorn, and other essential movie snacks. For the Horse lover, you could include a DVD or book about horses, a horseshoe key chain, or mug or calendar that features horses. For the ice skater on your Christmas list you could include extra laces, pretty gloves to wear while skating, and some nice warm cocoas or ciders to warm them up after their time on the ice. If you are going to be attending Christmas dinner be sure to bring the hostess a basket of goodies to share and perhaps a nice bottle of wine to have with dinner.

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