9 Christmas Gift Baskets For All On Your List

Christmas gift baskets are gifts that can deliver the most joy for the holiday season.  These beautiful Christmas themed baskets are decorated with festive, colorful ribbons and bows, and overloaded with mouthwatering holiday treats. They are often sent by businesses as corporate Christmas gifts for their clients and business associates.   At the same time, Christmas baskets can be sent to family or friends to deliver your warm holiday wishes with great taste.  This article reviews the different types of Christmas gift baskets for the recipients on your gifting list.

1. Holiday Basket:
An elegant way to say Season's Greetings to business associates, family and friends is to send a holiday gift basket.  These gift baskets come in different sizes to fit your gifting needs, and are great for events from a family get together to a company party. Holiday gift baskets are all dressed up in their holiday best, and filled with scrumptious gourmet treats and delicious snacks. These indulgent gifts are sure to satisfy even those hard to please recipients on your gift list.

2. Chocolate Basket:
Chocolates are popular gifts for everyone, especially women.  You can send your holiday wishes with a beautiful gold hinged-lid gift box that carries a collection of chocolates and other fine treats. The box is filled with Bellagio white chocolate cafe, vanilla caramels, Ghiradelli chocolate bar, chocolate wafer cookies, chocolate truffles, Lindt cream truffles bag, gourmet chocolate brownies, and more. The basket can be used long after the season as a reminder of your gift of good taste.

3. Holiday Sleigh Gift Basket:
A popular variation of holiday gift baskets has a beautiful brass decorative holiday sleigh filled with plenty of goodies, including chocolate covered almonds, chocolate cream pastry, cranberry trail mix, shortbread butter cookies, chocolate fudge caramel corn, cinnamon caramel wafers, gourmet holiday cappuccino, and holiday jingle bells door knocker. Your recipients will love the beautiful sleigh that will serve as part of the holiday decorations for years to come.

4. Festive Sweets Truck Delivery Gift:
For families with young children, you can send them a festive truck of Sweets. The keepsakes truck is hand stenciled with Merry Christmas and has actual moving wheels with a lid that opens and closes. This old-fashioned wooden truck is filled to overflowing with sweet treats, candies and cookies that are perfect for all sweets lovers on your holiday list.  They will find chocolate covered pretzel rods, chocolate truffle cookies, chocolate covered almonds, old fashioned fudge, almond Roca toffee, French truffles, and Bellagio Caramel chocolate cocoa mix. The kids will love this festive truck for years to come. 

5. Gift Tower:
Instead of gift basket, you can send a holiday gift tower consisting of 3 beautiful red gift boxes filled to the brim with holiday favorites, including English almond toffee, crunchy caramel corn, butter toffee pretzels, Giradelli chocolates, and shortbread butter cookies.  This gift is sure to please the most discriminating holiday snacker. 

6. Fresh Baked Breakfast Basket:
For your mom, wife, girlfriend, or sister, you can send a cozy wicker basket filled with ready to serve pound cake, chocolate chip blondies, brownies with walnuts, milk chocolate Christmas foils, and aromaful coffee. They will appreciate the aroma, the warmth, and the love that goes into every bite.

7. Holiday Meat and Cheese gift:
For your dad, husband, brother, or boyfriend, you can send a meat and cheese gift.  Inside the festive holiday gift pack are fine gourmet cheeses, Bavarian meats and mouth watering almond bark.  They will find roasted garlic cheese block, cranberry cheddar cheese, tomato basil cheese block, gourmet mustards, Bavarian Halle sausage, beef salami, cheddar cheese spread, white almond cranberry bark along with wreath and a Happy Holidays message.

8. Holiday Candles:
Holiday candles add warmth, light and scent to holiday ambience.  For your friends and their family, you can send a reusable willow basket filled with red currant scented pillar andle and aroma tarts, evergreen scented aroma tart and votive candles, unscented votive candle in glass holder, tealight candles, ceramic aroma diffuser, glass candle plate, and potpourri. 

9. Container Gardens:
You can send a Christmas tree container garden that includes easy-grow Spruce Tree seeds, nutrients, and soil in a Christmas tree designed leak resistant container. The recipient just has to plant and water and let the plant grow  in the container it came in. It is a great way to grow your own Christmas Tree, and a great gift for co-workers, neighbors, teachers.

In summary, Christmas gift baskets can be sent to everyone on your gifting list. You can choose from holiday basket, chocolate gift basket, holiday sleigh gift basket, festive sweets delivery keepsake truck, gift tower, fresh baked breakfast basket, meat and cheese gift, holiday candles, and container gardens. Send Christmas gift baskets to friends, family and business associates to share the spirit of the season. 

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Ideas On Christmas Gifts For Her

If you're looking for Christmas gifts for her then look no further than the amazing range here at For Her From You. Whether you are looking for presents for your wife, girlfriend, mother, sister, friend or even your granny, we have something here for each and every woman in your life. All of the gifts on the site have been hand picked by us so you can give the most gorgeous, original, exciting and thoughtful gifts to your loved ones.

The Christmas presents for wife ideas at For Her From You include beautiful silver jewellery, romantic love tokens and a huge range of personalised gifts. The stunning Tales From The Earth collection includes solid silver jewellery all presented in gorgeous gift boxes, oyster coloured satin lined pouches and each comes with a message card which describes the meaning of each piece of jewellery. The Two Hearts Necklace incorporates a silver chain with two handmade matt hearts – one in silver and one bathed in 24kt gold. Any lady would love to receive this touching gift.

A great Christmas present for girlfriend is the personalised Black Butterfly Photo Frame. This beautiful wire and glass frame holds a 6x4 photograph and can be personalised with any message of your choice. This pretty frame with a personal message makes this a unique and thoughtful gift she will treasure. A great idea is to give the frame already containing a picture of you both – a really considerate and memorable gift she will love.

If you are looking for a Christmas gift for Mum then take a look at the Truly Rose Bubble Bath Melts. These gorgeous bath melts are made from only natural ingredients and contain skin softening essential oils. Each cupcake shaped melt is adorned with 3 little dried flowers and dried rosebuds are scattered in the box. Presented in a heart shaped inner box and a beautiful black and cream coloured gift box, these lovely melts look as lovely as they smell. A real treat for Mum – a gift she will really love.

A lovely Christmas gift for sister or friend is the super soft Faux Fur Slipper Boots in Lynx. The boots are made from the most luxurious faux fur you can imagine – it feels just like the real thing! Available in small, medium or large, these cosy boots will keep her feet warm all winter long. The inner sole has a layered fleece and the sole is made from faux suede. Any sister or friend would love to open these gorgeous slipper boots on Christmas morning – a real luxury gift for the feet!

A great Christmas gift for granny is the sweet little Personalised Tea For One set. The set consists of a little teapot which neatly fits into a matching cup and saucer. You can personalise the teapot with any name of your choice. A lovely gift granny will love. Or if your Granny loves to garden then the Ladies Gardening Sun Hat is another great gift idea.  This pretty and robust sun hat offers protection from the sun for any gardening fan. The perfect gift for any green fingered girl!

These are just a few ideas for Christmas gifts for her available at For Her From You. We also offer a gift wrapping service so all you have to do is order and we will deliver your gift wrapped goodies directly to your door. Shop from the comfort of your own home and let us do the hard work for you – the simple way to get your Christmas shopping done and dusted at For Her From You!

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Christmas Gift: Easy Steps to Mail your Present

Sometimes you don’t get to see all of your loved ones during the holidays. That doesn’t mean you can’t include them in your Christmas gift giving. Mailing gifts has become increasingly more common, but you must take the proper precautions so your gift arrives safely. 

Choosing the right container

The first step in shipping your gift is choosing the proper packaging. There are several container options:

Boxes Padded bags Large envelopes Tubes

The container you select should have enough room for your gift and adequate padding, but not so large that the gift rattles or shifts. If you are sending liquids, you should first place the item in a leak proof container and then double box it. Books ship nicely in padded envelopes, and posters in special poster tubes. For most purposes, a sturdy cardboard box is the best option.

 Protecting the gift

One of the biggest fears in mailing a gift is that it will arrive in pieces. Protecting your gift with appropriate cushioning can easily prevent this. Giving your gift padding distributes and helps absorb shock and keeps the gift from shifting. Cushioning options can be purchased at your local shipping supply store, or sometimes found around your home:

Packing paper Newspaper Plastic bubble wrap Air bubbles Styrofoam peanuts

If your gift is very fragile, take extra care in wrapping it. First, wrap the gift in a generous amount of bubble wrap. Then, layer any cushioning material you want to surround the bubble-wrapped gift in a box. It is best to avoid mailing breakable items, but it can be done when packaged properly.

Insurance or no insurance?

You should purchase insurance for your package if its monetary value is high or if your package is very fragile and you are concerned about it arriving in one piece. Shipping insurance covers the value of your package’s contents, and includes delivery confirmation. Contrary to popular belief, Postal Services do not take extra special care in tending to insured packages. However, shipping insurance does give you peace of mind and insures your gift will be replaced if destroyed during transit. To find out more about shipping insurance, see the United States Postal Service (usps.com).

Wrapping the gift

Some people skip over the gift wrapping when they mail their gifts. Just because you aren’t delivering the gift in person doesn’t mean you don’t have to wrap it. Your gift should be gift-wrapped and then placed inside your shipping box. If you skip over the wrapping, your Christmas gift becomes a mere package. It is more fun to open a colorfully wrapped gift box than a plain, brown shipping box. You may even want to include a note from Santa, instructing the recipient NOT to open the gift until Christmas day. 

When to send the gift

If you include instructions from you (or Santa) to the gift recipient that encourages him or her to restrain from opening your package until Christmas day, then you can mail your gift as early as you would like. Postal Service’s busiest day of the year is usually the week before Christmas. Mailing your gift extra early may allow you to avoid long lines at the post office. You can expect your gift to arrive within five days when mailed via Parcel Post. Priority Mail speeds that time up to two or three days, and there are overnight options (but they are costly). Make sure you send your gift early enough to arrive in time for the holiday. There will be less waiting on both ends – your recipient will retrieve the gift sooner, and you won’t have to wait as long in the dreaded Christmas postal line with all the other procrastinators.

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This refers back to my previous question about food being a Christmas gift, but I think there was a misunderstanding. I know that many times before I received delicate chocolates and after one bite, I couldn't resist eating it all. It's sooo good! So what say you?

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I'm diabetic, if anyone is clueless enough to give me chocolate, I give it away.

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DIY Christmas Gift Basket Ideas

It is not easy to select the Christmas gift that will please to everyone: we never know if the
gift will be appreciated by its recipient.

How many times have you received a gift that is never emerged out of the cupboard in which you
putted it?

I myself received hundreds of gifts that I do not use, especially at Christmas Time. And I do
not mention the decorative objects, that I do not know what to do with because they do not match the decoration of my house or simply because I have no place to put them on.

This year, try to give useful and/or consumable Christmas gifts. By giving something useful and
consumable such as skin care products or food products, you are sure that your gift will be
appreciated.

Christmas gift baskets are the solution.

Unfortunately, ready-made gift baskets can be expensive and we sometimes have to spend a lot of
money to buy them without being sure that all the contained products will please.

So, what about a homemade Christmas gift basket? It is an excellent way to save money on the
cost of the basket and products included. You even do not have to buy the basket.

Gift baskets can be easily made out of wooden boxes, briefcases made of leather or vinyl, or
shoe boxes nicely decorated...

If the products you plan to include in the basket are too expensive, you will be able to reduce
their number and save more money.

Here are some Christmas gift basket ideas.

"Rustic Gourmet":

Varnish a wooden wine case, use a "rustic oak" tinted varnish
Fill the case with decorative straw or unbleached silk or crepe paper
Add the following products:

- Three bottles of wine (red, rose and white),
- A pot of fat liver,
- 2 legs duck confit,
- A pot of deer pate,
- A pot of wild boar,
- Three jars of wine jelly (red, rose and white),
- A pot of onion confit,
- A pot of truffles.

Economic Option:
- A bottle of sweetened white wine,
- A pot of deer paté,
- A pot of wild boar,
- A jar of wine jelly

"I Love Chocolate":

Use a metallic box,
Fill it with pink silk or crepe paper
Add the following products:

- A bottle of chocolate liquor,
- 250 g Leonidas chocolates,
- Chocolate bars - Côte d'Or Special Edition,
- A natural cocoa box,
- Boxes of fruit, flower or citrus flavoured sugar

"Espana Por Favor":

In a metallic basket, place red and yellow silk or crepe paper
Add the following products:

- A bottle of Ponche,
- A bottle of "Sangre de Toro" wine
- A pata negra ham or serrano ham,
- A chorizo,
- A "Manchego" cheese,
- A bottle of Spanish olive oil,
- Almond Turron,
- An assortment of Christmas cookies (Surtido de Navidad)

"Provence" (skin care):

Cover a shoebox with Special Christmas gift wrap
Line the inside with colorful silk paper
Surround the box with a wide colored ribbon
Put a towel of the same color
Add the following products:

- A Marseilles scented soap,
- A shower gel,
- A box of bath salts,
- A bottle of body scented oil,
- A bottle of floral water,
- A horsehair glove

"Belgian Beer Discovery" Gift Basket:

Use a wooden shelf and put the bottles on it. Belgium produces more than 680 different sorts of

high quality beers that satisfy all tastes, the choice is yours...

You can create an infinite themed gift baskets set; do not hesitate to create a gift basket for

whiskey, cigar, great music, book amateurs... you are only limited by your imagination.

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