Swahili Mom: Free Holiday Gifts

Are you on a tight budget? Are you wondering how you are going to be able to buy presents? Is your list too long? Well, wonder no more. The first thing you need to remember is that Christmas should not be a stress day otherwise you are loosing the all real meaning of it. Second it's easy to spend lots of money on trendy clothing or technical gadgets during the holiday season, but long before the bills are paid off, many of those gifts are unused or forgotten. How about using one of these free presents for Christmas this year?

A Letter - in this day and age of everyone texting, emailing and even grandma has a Facebook account nothing beats a hand written personal letter.

Coupons - there are so many coupons for high end products. Some people don't know how to find them. If you can search them online and print them, they make a perfect gift.

Quitting a Habit - if you can help one to quit a habit is a perfect gift too. Some habits are hard to quit but if you can show someone that you care it's a good inspiration that helps a continuation of trying to quit a bad habit.

Companionship - whether is being an exercise buddy, a visit to a hospital, or to a friend who is unable to go outside. A simple companionship and spend time together is a very good gift.

Pampering - offer someone neck massage, foot massage or otherwise treat them like they deserve all of these and more.

Ideas - if someone needs to make a major life time decision, you can sit down and offer your experts or help to research online eg if someone is about to buy a house, looking to change career, soon going to college etc it makes a very good Christmas gift.

No Arguing - if you are a kid the perfect gift you can give your parents is not arguing or if you are a tense family that never seems to get along try to do this as a gift to one another.