- Give a heart shaped or plain notpads and pen with instructions to have family members write love notes to each other during the holidays and place them in each others stockings to be read Christmas morning.
- For an early holiday gift, fill a bag or box with ribbon, tape, tags, flat boxes and gift wrap for the onslaught of holiday wrapping projects.
- Put together a cookbook of your favorite easy recipes.
- Wrap a "Family Entertainment Center" for enjoying those long, cold winter evenings. Include items like of cards, a puzzle, a DVD rental coupon, microwave popcorn, cookie cutters, and recipes for family cooking projects.
- Wrap up a pair of comfortable slippers with instructions to put up your feet and rest from the rush of the holidays.
- Give a gift certificate to a favorite store, so they can take advantage of the after-Christmas sales.
- For the garden enthusiast, fill a box with potting soil, seed packets, and starter trays so they can give their spring garden a head start during the winter.
- Give several boxes of brownie or cake mixes for a quick treat when the kids forget to mention that a dozen goodies they need to take to the class Christmas party.
- Give a binder with pockets filled with cards for all the occasions of the year.
- Give a pretty holiday jigsaw puzzle: "Thanks for keeping me from going to pieces!"
Gifts for Adults
