The Perfect Christmas Basket

By Cheryl Dickow -

As television commercials and store circulars clamor for you time and money this Christmas season, you may be feeling—like so many others—a yearning to get back to basics.
To reclaim Christmas and its meaning.

 One way to do just that is to make a commitment to give gifts that matter—gifts from the heart.

 A perfect gift to consider for friends, teachers, co-workers, and family this year is a Christmas basket.

 A Christmas basket is something that you create with the recipient in mind which means you can make a dozen of them and they will all be a bit different, or you can consider ways in which all your friends and family are similar and make the same basket for a dozen different people.
Here are some easy tips to get you going for the perfect Christmas basket:

 ü Make a list of the people for whom you typically shop so that you know how many baskets to purchase. Your baskets can be any size and kind of container (sewing basket, garbage can, pet bed, hat box, utility bucket—you get the idea) so when you take your list to the store, make sure you keep an open mind. Check out stores like TJ Maxx, JoAnn Fabrics, and Big Lots.

 ü Include a Christmas movie or two. Maybe one that makes you cry and one that makes you laugh out loud. You can go with classics like George C. Scott’s A Christmas Carol or something where the theme just revolves around Christmas time like Family Man or New in Town. Just make sure the movies are age appropriate!  read more>

  Cheryl Dickow www.BezalelBooks.com

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  1. Melanie Jean Juneau10:45 am, November 11, 2013

    we give huge stockings stuffed with such ideas but I love the idea of a basket!

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