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Christmas Gifts for $50 or Less

Christmas Gifts for $50 or Less

November 09, 2010

Credit: Ralph Lee Anderson, Laurey W. Glenn

Our roundup of gifts includes something for everyone on your list. And with these price tags, you can afford to scoop up a few for yourself!

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Custom Silhouette

Credit: Photo: Ralph Anderson

Southerners revel in family heirlooms. Give a gift that will hang prominently on the wall for generations to come.

Buy It: Custom Silhouette by Clay Rice, $45; 919/781-0351.

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Dogwood Tree

Credit: Photo: Ralph Anderson

A live dogwood tree will let happiness bloom long before Christmas Day.

Buy It: Just Because Dogwood Tree, $44; seedsoflife.com

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State Cutting Boards

Credit: Photo: Ralph Anderson

Cook in style with state-shaped cutting boards.

Buy It: $48; aheirloom.com

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Wallpaper Round Decoupaged Plate

Credit: Photo: Ralph Anderson

This cheerful plate to brightens a kitchen or dining room. 5 3⁄4-inch size is pictured.

Buy It: $48; johnderian.com; 212/677-3917*

*Orders must be placed by phone. Allow 4 weeks for delivery; these products are handmade.

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Coffee Table Books

Credit: Photo: Ralph Anderson

Stealing Magnolias: Tales from a New Orleans Courtyard

, by Debra Shriver
Buy It: $38.98; amazon.com

The Home Within Us: Romantic Houses, Evocative Rooms, by Bobby McAlpine
Buy It: $39.28; amazon.com

At Home: A Style for Today with Things from the Past, by Suzanne Rheinstein,
Buy It: $39.18; amazon.com

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Nest and Egg Large Bubble Bath No. 2

Credit: Photo: Ralph Anderson

Luxurious chattering bubbles boast extract of Japanese green tea, hydrating avocado, and olive oils and vitamin E.

Buy It: Nest and Egg No. 2, $36 each; tokyo-milk.com

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1,001 Ways To Cook SouthernCookbook

Our most comprehensive cookbook ever published, 1,001 Ways To Cook Southern features 928 pages packed with the distinctly Southern recipes you love. Learn how to bake flawless fluffy biscuits and the perfect praline, straight from our Test Kitchen, plus so much more.

Buy It: $25.74; amazon.com

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Monogrammed Plates

Dallas-based Kelly Wilson embellishes antique plates with hand-painted initials.

Buy It: Small Monogrammed Plate, $48 each; kellywilsonantiques.com

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Cherry Butter Dish and Knife

Credit: Photo: Ralph Anderson

Husband-and-wife woodworkers Sue and Stan Jennings hand-shape and sand their wood kitchen utensils on their 40-acre farm in Preston County, West Virginia.

Buy It: $48 (butter dish) and $4.50 (knife); spooners.com

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Wood Six-Pack Caddy

Credit: Photo: Ralph Lee Anderson, Laurey W. Glenn

Practical and handsome, we'll drink to that!

Buy It: Wood Six-Pack Caddy, $41.99; woodthumb.com

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Dog Leashes

Credit: Photo: Ralph Lee Anderson, Laurey W. Glenn

These stylish leashes bark up the right (Christmas) tree.

Buy Them: Dog Leashes, $33-$48 each; seescoutsleep.com

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Dinner Napkins

Credit: Photo: Ralph Lee Anderson, Laurey W. Glenn

Tear-off linen napkins: a good idea on a roll.

Buy Them: Dinner Napkins, $27; buymydrap.com

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Tortoiseshell Highball Glasses

Credit: Photo: Ralph Lee Anderson, Laurey W. Glenn

Chichi ladies will go wild for these glasses.

Buy Them: Tortoiseshell Highball Glasses, $48; designdarling.com

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Mason Shaker

Credit: Photo: Ralph Lee Anderson, Laurey W. Glenn

A spirited take on the endlessly useful Mason jar.

Buy It: Mason Shaker, $29; masonshaker.com