Cheap Ideas For Christmas Gifts

Cheap Ideas For Christmas Gifts

Jenga Nightmare Before Christmas

Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas Jenga is a towering good time and worth screaming about. For 1 or more players, ages 6 and up. Stack the pieces to build the tower. Try not to cause the tower to tumble. Packaged in a customized coffin-shaped box.

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Christmas Trivia Game

Test your Christmas knowledge against friends and family. Over 1000 questions in 5 categories. Fun for the whole family

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Detroit Lions 16″ Snowman

A Great gift for the Detroit Lions fan in your life. This 16″ Fiber Optic Snowman dressed in his or her’s favorite team. So now he or she has a partner to watch the games with.

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Assorted Christmas Wrapping Paper

9 Sheets of Holiday Gift Wrap. 4 Sheets measuring 30 inches x 30 inches and 5 sheets measuring 24 inches x 30 inches for a total of 50 square feet.

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Harry Potter Gift Tag Labels

Self Adhesvie sticker style gift tags, 5 Different images within each box, each box contains 90 labels. Perfect for all occasions. Featuring the Hogwarts School Crest, Hedwig the Owl, and Harry potter in his Robes with his Wand.

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Christmas Sweets Wrapping Paper

Wrapping your family and friend’s with this yummy 3-D looking wrapping paper will make you hungry. Wrapping paper is delivered rolled, not folded to avoid unnecessary creases.

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Wooden Photo Frame Christmas Ornaments

These christmas tree photo ornaments are great to show the family’s picture while decorating the tree at the same time. Sold as a set of 12 ornaments

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Set of Four Candy Cane Stocking Holders

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

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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.

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