Before you rush out the store to buy a Christmas Gift, consider giving a Christmas gift that will mean just a little bit more.
Free Christmas Gift Ideas
Last December, I had the opportunity to teach a group of women in our church congregation a Christmas lesson. While researching what I wanted to share, I came across this list of 22 Christmas gift ideas that really surprised me.
I usually think that a Christmas gift has to be purchased and wrapped. And while it’s fun to find the perfect gift and wrap it pretty, sometimes a gift that touches the heart will mean a whole lot more.
That’s why I loved this list of Christmas gift ideas. So much so, I have had a copy on my fridge ever since last Christmas. There are some great ideas on here and maybe you, too, will love this list just as much as I did! Giving one of these gifts will not only bring you joy at Christmastime, but can be a great gift any time of the year.
You can read the entire 1994 address from Howard W. Hunter’s Christmas Message here
Gifts that don’t cost money:
- Mend a quarrel
- Seek out a forgotten friend
- Dismiss suspicion and replace it with trust
- Write a letter
- Give a soft answer
- Encourage youth
- Manifest your loyalty in word and deed
- Keep a promise
- Forgo a grudge
- Forgive an enemy
- Apologize
- Try to understand
- Examine your demands on others
- Think first of someone else
- Be kind
- Be gentle
- Laugh a little more
- Express your gratitude
- Welcome a stranger
- Gladden the heart of a child
- Take pleasure in the beauty and wonder of the earth
- Speak your love and then speak it again
Also, be sure to check out this list of Experience Gift Ideas!
You are such a sweetheart Melissa! The women in your ward are so lucky to have you! I love this Christmas gift list. Thanks for sharing. I always read your blog & think how lucky I was to live with you & know you. Thanks for all your posts. I don’t comment often but I love reading all your ideas.