Cheap Ideas For Christmas Gifts

Cheap Ideas For Christmas Gifts

Christmas Decor

A great way to decorate your home while holding the family’s stockings. Sold as a set of four.

Decorate the outside of your home with these cool looking magnets. Perfect for the garage door

 

 

Show off your holiday snacks and treats in this beautiful ceramic serving trays in a two tiered sleigh. Metal frame covered by strong vinyl. Trays are removable for easy cleaning. Real jingle bells mounted on front really jingle. Measures 6″W x 12″L x 8″H.

 

 

A festive cordless lighted poinsettia garland that will bring style to you home. Glows with miniature LED lights Adds a bright adornment to staircase, doorway or mantel. Set of ten on 6 3/4″ cord. Requires two AA batteries, not included.


 

 

Adorable and versatile accent rug will brighten up your holidays. Looks great in the kitchen, living rooms or entrance.

20″ x 32″
71% Polyester, 21% Acrylic, 8% Olefin
backing: 50% Cotton, 50% Polyester
Machine washable

The Elf on the Shelf: A Christmas Tradition Elf on the Shelf Gift Set

The Elf on the Shelf: A Christmas Tradition is an activity the entire family will enjoy. Based on the tradition Carol Aebersold began with her family in the 1970s, this cleverly rhymed children’s book explains that Santa knows who is naughty and/or nice because he sends a scout elf to every home.

The elf watches the children’s behavior and reports it back to Santa each night. By morning the elf returns to its assigned home and hides in a different location.

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Christmas Facts

Christmas trees were first lighted with actual candles, which presented a fire hazard. As a result containers filled with water had to be kept near the Christmas tree.

Workers in the construction industry are responsible for the tradition of having a Christmas tree on display at Rockefeller Center in New York City. They are credited with placing an undecorated tree at the site in the early 1930s.

Since the mid-1960s, The National Christmas Tree Association has maintained a presence in the White House at Christmas by donating a Christmas tree to the First Family.

The former Woolworth department store first sold manufactured Christmas tree ornaments in 1880.

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More Christmas Facts

Plastic became the primary material used to make tinsel after their use for decorative purposes was at one time prohibited because lead was used in the manufacturing process.

The idea of Christmas greeting cards started in Britain in the late 1830s when John Calcott Horsley started to produce small cards that had festive scenes and a holiday greeting written inside. Similar cards were also being made in the United States at about the same time by R.H. Pease, in Albany, New York, and Louis Prang, who was a German immigrant. The idea of sending the greeting cards during Christmas gained popularity in both countries about 10 years later when new postal delivery services started.

The shortened form Xmas for Christmas has been popular in Europe since the 1500s. It is believed to be derived from the Greek word 'Xristos' which means Christ.

According to the National Confectioners Association, for 200 years candy canes were only made in the color of white and it wasn't until in the 1950s that a machine was invented that could automate the production of candy canes.