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Gift ideas  for all sorts of occasions

Gift buying for all occasions

Some gifts you're excited to buy, some are a chore to buy. Sometimes you wonder if you really have to buy a gift at all. Check out these gifting ideas -- from the extravagant to the simply thoughtful -- for all sorts of occasions and all sorts of budgets.

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Gift giving for all occasions ...
10 frugal and fine gift ideas

Use your creativity for the perfect inventive, original and -- as a bonus -- less-pricey gift.
Plus: 20 last-minute (and cheap) gift ideas

 
10 ways to give money graciously

Money always fits. It's never the wrong color. Here's how to give it with style.

 
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And on special occasions ...
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Give a gift that keeps giving after the ceremony.
 
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Jingle bells, overspending smells
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-- Posted: Nov. 4, 2004
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