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Monday, December 1, 2008
Are you opting for homemade gifts this holiday?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
As “room mom” for both my kid’s classes, one of my jobs is to organize contributions for the teacher’s holiday “gift.”
In past years, most parents have preferred pooling cash to save them the effort of buying yet another holiday gift. But this year, many parents are telling me they are going back to making homemade gifts to save money. Most are planning to bake cookies or other treats.
I know in the past I have done gift cards for specialist teachers and for the leaders of my kid’s extra curricular activities, but after calculating how much that adds up to, I too am taking the homemade goodie route.
I am trying to find things besides plain cookies though, since they’re probably getting so many of those. I think for the healthy crowd, I’m going with homemade granola. Some friends did great cheese crackers one year and I might try something savory like that as an alternative too.
Are you doing homemade or store-bought gifts for teachers and other school, or afterschool, personnel? If so, what are you making? Do you have any good alternatives to cookies?
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