What’s a great gift for $20 or less?
Shop — it’s a four letter word in a super negative way for so many people this time of year.
With the economy being what it is, household incomes such as they are and the pressure to buy, buy, buy this time of year, let’s help each other out.
Twenty dollars. What if that were the maximum amount you could spend on a gift? What would you buy? What would you make? What would you sell someone?
Send your suggestions to info@LakeTahoeNews.net. Put “holiday” in the subject line. Suggest ideas to other readers about what $20 or less can buy, who it might be good for if that’s not obvious, where to buy it, how to make it. Make the ideas as Lake Tahoe or Sierra Nevada oriented as possible. If you have a picture of the item, the store, yourself, then send it along as a jpeg. Include your name and contact information in case we have questions. If you are OK with your name being credited with the suggestion, indicate it’s fine to publish it. Your phone number and/or email address will not be published.
Keep what you write to 150 words or so.
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Twenty dollars. What if that were the maximum amount you could spend on a gift? What would you buy? What would you make? What would you sell someone?
itunes gift card
bird feeder
old books
CDs! Music! Downloads! Music is always a great gift for the holidays!
All the kids & adults that I give gifts to, fortunately, are up to their eyebrows in electronics, food, clothes, & stuff!
A gift card, where the recipient chooses the charity to donate to is a great way to give — that pay-it-forward concept. It is a fun way for kids to be generous & learn to appreciate their own good fortune!
I’ve settled on the TisBest Card as being a terrific choice & way to spent $20 (less or more) effectively.
https://www.tisbest.org
If it were possible…..I would give a “Tessie”, “Black Bear” or “Smokey Bear” key for children (and grown-ups). I still have my original “Zoo Key” from when they first came out, and I treasure it. I can’t tell you how many times over the years, that little key was used to teach me, and anyone in hearing distance, all about the San Francisco Zoo population. Why couldn’t there be something similar for our State Parks and our area?
Donate $20 to your favorite charity in the name of your friend or family member.
Billie Jo …I love your idea and would like to hear more details. If OK w/you have Kae give you my email.
Tahoe Mountain Soap Co. has locally made, hand crafted natural soaps, lotions, dead sea bath salts, natural sea sponges and more all under $20. High quality gifts, made in South Lake Tahoe. For more information email: tmsoap@yahoo.com
We ship anywhere.