Dear Just Be: I'm on a tight budget this holiday season, do you have any ideas for gifts that won't break the bank?

Not spending hundreds or thousands of dollars on gifts during the holidays is not as hard as it seems. Below are our top ten gifts (in no particular order) that cost between $10 and $20.

1.) Photo album with a few photos of the gift recipient already in it

2.) Board games/puzzles

3.) Books

4.) Personalized cookbook. Collect your favorite recipes and compile them into a book where recipes can easily be added.

5.) Gift certificates to movie theaters

6.) Ornaments

7.) Dessert gift basket. (Line a basket with napkins in holiday colors -red and green for Christmas; blue and white/silver for Hanukkah; red, green and black for Kwanzaa- and put in recipes for cookies, brownies, pies, and candy, and/or cookie, brownie mix, nuts, pie balls, candy thermometer, etc.).

8.) Make a donation in people's name to charities such as Heifer International, your local Humane Society, or food bank.

9.) Gift certificates to restaurants

10.) Car gift bag (Fill a bag, box or even bucket with items that can be stored and used in or for a car -soap/wax, sponge, tire gauge, flashlight, air freshener, sunglasses, first aid kit, change holder, etc.).

For more frugal gift ideas check out:

Better Budgeting
Unique Holiday Gifts
iVillage