In my family we decided several years ago to give consumables made locally if possible. Several of my DDs like Amish cheeses that we can get here but are not available where they live, and all of my kids love my homemade maple syrup (that is boiling up in my garage at this moment!) In turn they ply me with a bottle of good wine. We also enjoy giving and receiving handmade soaps, sugarfree candy made by a certain local chocolatier and gift certificates to plant nurseries that specialize in native plants and/or daylilies.
