My sweet mother-in- law came up with this brilliant and meaningful idea for Christmas. In order to keep the focus on what really matters, she based all her gifts on Luke 2:52.
"And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man." Therefore each one of us received 4 gifts. Below is a what was given to my 2 year old.
WISDOM- Puzzles and books. 
STATURE- clothes for his fast growing body!
FAVOR WITH GOD- an age appropriate collection of Bible devotionals and books. 
FAVOR WITH MAN- Toys that he could use to play with friends. I just loved how thoughtful and meaningful this approach to Christmas gifts was!
For us older folks, we received gifts based on the same thing. Wisdom was a gift to help us in our own trade (for example my bachelor brothers-in-law received cookbooks and giftcards to a high-end grocery store). Stature was also clothes. Favor with God was devotional books and Favor with Man was anything FUN we could enjoy with others.
Hope you can use this idea for your gifts in the future!
Blessings!!
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