December is a busy festive season and there are tons and tons of people to be gifted. Whilst there may be some dear family members that you want to buy customised, handpicked, expensive gifts for; there might also be other people like your workmates, not-very-close friends and acquaintances, for whom you might just want inexpensive gifts. If you have already gone over budget with all the December expenses, browse though this list of inexpensive Christmas gift ideas:
Card Shuffler:
For people who play cards with friends and family each weekend, gift them a card shuffler - a simple mechanical device that shuffles cards after a game, ensuring justice and fairness for the next game.
Casino 6-Deck Automatic Card Shuffler
List Price: $19.99
Sale Price: $12.20
Used From: $12.59
Sudoku Set:
Assuming that you are gifting workmates or even acquaintances that you really don’t know that well, a Sudoku set is a good gift idea. Most people are seen penning away a Sudoku game in a bus, train or even in shopping malls.
UNIFIX SUDOKU ADDITIONAL 24-SET
List Price: $7.95
Sale Price: $6.58
Coffee Mugs:
A coffee mug with customised funny quotes according to the person whom you’re gifting will be a sweet Christmas gift. Although coffee mugs are common and the recipient might already have many of them , the beauty of coffee mugs is that they can also be used as nice show pieces.
Shakespearan Insults Mug
List Price: $14.99
Sale Price: $11.95
USB Mini Hub:
We all feel that all the number of USB ports that our laptops have are just too less for our requirements! An inexpensive gifting idea for Christmas would be to give a USB Mini Hub that will allow you to connect up to four USB ports through a single open port on your laptop for total functionality anywhere you go. This is ideal for use with storage drives, card readers, cameras, external CD/DVD players and printers. A topping on the cake with this Mini Hub is that it has a plug-and-play installation, making it quick and easy to use.
Belkin USB 2.0 4-Port Ultra-Mini Hub
List Price: $14.99
Sale Price: $5.99
Used From: $10.00
Chocolate Spoon:
A box of chocolate sounds too cliched? Go for a box of chocolate spoons! Chocolates in one form or the other are always good for health.
Travel Guide Book:
If you know that the recipient of your gift is taking a Christmas vacation to Bali (or wherever else), why not gift them a few travel books and maps of that destination? They will see this as a very thoughtful gift and it will also work out to be easy on your pocket.
Lonely Planet Country Guide Spain (Lonely Planet Spain)
List Price: $24.99
Sale Price: $11.99
Used From: $9.49
Winter Skin Care Kit:
Come Christmas, come winter. Most branded cosmetic labels will have inexpensive winter skin care gift packs for the festive season which you can gift away.
Jaqua Winter Wonderland
Sale Price: $25.00
Travel Pillow:
A full-on utility gift for the globetrotter. An inexpensive gift idea this Christmas season is a travel pillow. Gift friends and family this pillow to ease the stress out of all their long journeys.
Samsonite Double Comfort Travel Pillow with Pouch, Grey
List Price: $10.00
Fair Trade Coffee:
Buy gifting fair trade coffee, which is only slightly more expensive than your regular coffee, make your little Christmas donation and ensure that whilst you enjoy your Christmas, someone else at the other end of the world is benefitting from your purchase. What better gift than showing this kind of spirit of giving at Christmas?
Paramount Coffee, Fair Trade Rwanda, Ground Coffee, 12-Ounce Bags (Pack of 3)
List Price: $29.40
Sale Price: $29.32
Expensive does not always mean good. If you look around you, there are many amazing inexpensive Christmas gift ideas for you to pick from. What matters when you gift someone is that you care about them rather than showing them that you blew up a lot of money buying the gift.
