To make it short: What do you give your friends/family for christmas?

I was lame enough to give them just little cards and never-kept promises last year so I can't do that again.. but I never know what to give someone.

Someone give me an idea!
(And yes I do hate christmas just because of the 'you have to find a present for everyone etc etc' kinda takes all the fun from it)

Little cheap things 'cause I buy me a laptop, but they know that and that I need it, so they are all happy. to my understanding family.

Money always works.

Could make them all cookies. or fudge. That is good and it's pretty cheap.

Tiny stuffed animals!

Err.. how many people are we talking about?

I generally do gift cards simply because I'd rather get a gift card than a present I can't use. My little brother and sister will probably get a $50 card to Barnes and Noble, etc...

Gift cards is tacky. Money is even worse. I'm buying my brother a case of highly caffeinated water, my mother a trip to the spa, and my father some fancy leatherman. Because he uses crap like that.

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I usually bake something or buy something and make it look like I baked it for not-so-close friends (classmates, cousins, etc), and then gift certificates in the 15 - 20 dollar range at Indigo (huge Canadian bookstore), Best Buy (do you have that in the States?), etc.

Or I make something from Martha Stewart, but then again...

Yes, but Aesyra isn't from the states

I usually make stuff, either via knitting, crocheting or sewing.

But this year I don't have enough time to get stuff done, so I'm just going down to the local fair trade store (http://www.tenthousandvillages.com) and look around. They have some neat little things that are unique and don't cost too much, plus I feel good giving them my money.

Wow that's a hard question. Who are they?(Age'n'sex?)
University guys like the Arrested Developement series, I got my bro Season two for $40 (That's like 30 American dollars)

I got my sister some music CD's she's hinted she wants... tacky, but she's 5 years older than me, so I really don't know her well...

Got my Dad a WW2 fighter plane, because he loves world war two and puzzles

Gonna bake gingerbread cookies for my buddies

All depends on who they are.