Neighbor gift ideas?

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Our neighborhood is pretty great, and many people pass around small gifts to everyone at the holidays. I try to participate. In the past we've received cookies, local honey, candies. I've always given baked goods or homemade candies, but I was hoping this year to do something less labor intensive. I've been reading around on blogs/Google for neighbor gift ideas, but most of them are kind of ho-hum or really lame (are you serious holiday paper plates and cups?). Any ideas of something I can buy that would be not lame, not super expensive and not too labor intensive? I'd probably like to spend less than $10 per house. Right now I'm thinking a jar of honey for everyone since the neighbor who did the honey moved and I love supporting the farmers' market, but I'm afraid I'll just look like a copycat. Would it be lame to copy the neighbor who moved?

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Beeswax/soy candles? M&Ms in a small canning jar? What would you rather receive?

[sierramist03]

Hand scrub?

[peach]

We are giving foaming hand soap that I got in holiday scents, with pictures of snowmen on them. The tag will say "we wash you a merry Christmas"

Maybe that's too cheesy for you though.

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Haha! There were lots of blog ideas with tags like that. I might skip the tag There are some nice soap makers around here (local, yea!), so those are good ideas for the single women. Not so sure about the families or men. Perhaps if I put less effort into making everything, I can spend more time personalizing for each house.

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What about a specialty jam from the farmer's market. Like rhubarb/strawberry.

Or there is always vanilla honey butter that is easy to make and you can package it cute.

www.sohappytobehere.com/2009/01/vanilla-honey-butter.html

ETA: Also, local vanilla extract. I LOVE that. I hate buying it ($$), and it already comes in a cute container w/ the local info all over it. My grandma gets it for me every year.

[peach]

Are they opposed to alcohol?? A bottle of wine would just be an easy gift that could satisfy everyone. I can't imagine buying gifts for each person individually...I just buy in bulk something I think everyone could use/find handy around the holidays.

[sunseeker]

Homemade hot chocolate mix.