Thanksgiving Gift Baskets and Ideas

By Gail Leino

Good gifts to send your loved ones during that special fall holiday are Thanksgiving gift baskets filled with lots of seasonal fall items. These are easy baskets to pick out or if you like, to put together for yourself. Your relatives will certainly feel pleased that you thought of them on Thanksgiving whether you were able to make it for the holiday or not.

They will also, hopefully, enjoy the treats and gift items in the basket too.

Premade gift baskets are easier to pick out and there is often a wider variety of treats in these gift baskets for the gift receiver. Holiday baskets vary in size, assortment and shape.

The standard red holiday gift basket is filled with lots of food goodies. Its got small cheese wheels and chocolate bars, packages of oatmeal raisin cookies and crackers. While the gold bow gift basket contains hot cocoa mix, chocolates, sausages, and snack mixes. Both of these will also provide a nice wicker basket that can be reused over and over by the gift receiver. The baskets make wonderful holders for bread, goodies or even magazines.

It is easy to make your own thanksgiving gift basket or box by filling it with seasonal treats.

Pick out a nice thanksgiving centerpiece to serve as the main focus of the basket. Centerpieces are good gift basket items because the gift receiver can just take the centerpiece and place it on the table to display it for Thanksgiving.

A large thanksgiving candle can also be a good addition to your thanksgiving gift basket. Candles really work to set the appropriate mood and it can be light while your family is sitting down to eat.

More practical items are good to include because they can be used over and over again, so the gift lasts. These items can be thanksgiving tablecloths and even thanksgiving themed kitchen towels.

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