Budget-Friendly Christmas | Thrift Haul Ideas for Heartfelt Giving

[@LisaHarrowing]

We need to teach everyone this idea , I have always loved charity shops and encourage my grown up children to use them it’s the love you give with a gift that means more than the price

[@bonniebell1104]

You are so right about thrifting and gift giving. We should not go into debt just to give gifts. And most people love or even prefer gifts that someone puts time and energy into making just for you.

[@losnolt]

Ugh! Making me want to run to our thrift stores! How fun!

[@shirley7137]

Better hurry they have been pack here in Michigan.

[@IseetheGloryofKingdom]

Oklahoma not to bad - we have a Salvation Army Bin store and if you spend time looking through the bins can find some really nice things. I found a complete girls solid copper tea set once. Have fun I think is point and dont have to spend a lot. Is reason behind the season Christ Jesus that we should share with the world.

[@plantlife1615]

right lol

[@IseetheGloryofKingdom]

@@plantlife1615 do you not know Jesus?

[@suzie2080]

You're getting me in the mood for Christmas!

[@galeharris6696]

I love thrifting at this time of the year, because I can find really cool and retro gifts at a price I can afford. My whole family thrifts proudly! Thank you for putting this video out, Rachel, and your packaging is so beautiful.🎄

[@loriemahon1354]

Thrifting means you took the time to really search for unique and cool things! I love thrifting and I love Christmas. I always find special decorations that no one else has and that makes me feel like a millionaire 😂. Merry Christmas 🎄

[@cherylpeacock7298]

I fell down your Christmas rabbit hole and loved every single one of the video's i watched. I loved tge thought you put into finding just the right thing for your recipients without blowing the bank. Christmas as it should be...

[@janeschultz9951]

My favorite way to shop! 🎄great prices on bows, gift tags, etc.

[@kimwest5634]

Frugal is smart. Nice haul!

[@jujube2407]

If you're going to buy wrapping paper... 12.99 roll at costco is my go too. That roll lasts for my whole family...extended family and friends etc... ANDDDD I ALWAYS have half a roll left over...and it's super thick...and double sided so it's like 2 rolls in one! But I am 100% frugal like you!

[@jennbama]

Lovely ideas

[@indecisivegardener]

❤ love this sharing. 😊 Thank you the friendly reminder that a gift is from the heart & nothing like a great find! Score!

[@danielleosentoski520]

Love thrifting! And I’ll tell ya , more than once have I gone just to look and there say the thing I had been wanting! For a dollar or two! So fun

[@NoOneUKnow-c3y]

My mom passed away a couple years ago and she left behind a lot of crocheted granny squares that she never made into anything. So, this year I am going to attach them together and make small throw blankets for my nieces and nephews. They were very close to her and I thought that might be a little extra special for them. They are all grown, but I thought maybe a throw for the back of a sofa or the end of a bed would be nice.

[@cynthiafisher9907]

Or maybe even a bag.

[@katherineburden5416]

Beautiful idea!

[@IseetheGloryofKingdom]

Oh my goodness they will cherish that. How thoughtful. They will really love those. 🥰🤗🙏

[@Kimberlee-d5l]

That will be such a treasure to have something made by your mom. They will cherish it ❤️

[@kimberleyjane2338]

Beautiful, heartwarming, and so generous of you to think of everyone. Be sure to include yourself, lovely. ❤

[@thriftyfarmishmomma]

I love to thrift for almost everything. So far this season I've found some really special gifts to give for Christmas. Thanks for more tips!

[@tinavaillancourt1165]

My Sister passed away at the age of 32 going over 20 years now and I still miss her homemade gifts she did.

[@IseetheGloryofKingdom]

My Grandmother (my Mother who raised me) used to make homemade gifts hers were grand quilts, ceramics (nativity sets, carolers, ceramic Christmas trees) i miss terribly. I just miss her.

[@Kimberlee-d5l]

I love thrifing! Such amazing finds! I really like the flannel shirt!

[@debmorris9138]

Great haul, you got some great stuff.

[@lavondadye8091]

I love to thrift! The only Good Will close to me rarely has things like you found. I've found gifts at thrift stores for my sisters the last couple years so when I get a chance to go thrifting I'm on the lookout for gifts! Thank you for voicing the fact that giving from the heart far outweighs high dollar spending❤

[@micheleweischedel1223]

I always go to our goodwill or hospice thriftstore to find old "jars" to put my dry storage in for my pantry and old bandana to make quilts with

[@chrissiehart22]

You are so right and I'm never amazed how much people spend on saying I love you🙄 ! If rather have something meaningful or simply just someone's company than things that show the person doesn't know me 😢. Also we buy things as we need then and don't have to wait for special occasion. My great aunties would recycle gifts 😂 So much fun seeing who got what you'd given them last year😂 Once I got something that has still got the gift sticker on from who'd given them it. We never let on and was always grateful they tried us. Have a good week x

[@yukonsmomma3562]

Thanks for sharing your thrifing haul Rachel. My daughters and I love to go thrifting also. It's like a treasure hunt!!

[@ambergreen5531]

Thanks for sharing your thrift store finds! Puts me in the Holiday mood. I am constantly on the look out for good Christmas gifts and I buy them year round. It helps my budget and my stress level if I spread out the cost and don't have to do a big shopping trip close to the holidays.

[@lourdesking123]

Love the bedroom setting you're in😊❤

[@katherineburden5416]

Great video Rachel! I love thrifting!

[@whitecreekhomestead6277]

Love seeing your shopping hauls!

[@angietaylor5311]

Truer words have never been spoken, fantastic message Rachel ⭐️♥️⭐️

[@kellyhale2778]

I love thrift stores! I hate a mall but just drive to a thrift store and I am first in the door. LOL

[@robinlj5767]

Really fun Rachael!!! Thanks!!!❤

[@sheilanc1]

Great video.

[@mariagarcia-po6kl]

Hi Rachel. I am always inspired by your video's. They help a lot. Plus I love when you go frugal. God Bless you Rachel. Happy Holiday's my friend. HUG'S 🤗❤️. Mari'a 👍👍👍👍👍🍂🍁🍂🍁🦃🦃🦃🦃❤️🤗❤️🤗❤️🤗💞💞💝💝👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@amlach6148]

I like going to the thrift stores for the holiday decor and themed dishes and serve ware. I usually go through my bins every year and donate items, but then seem to get other things in their place 😆

[@MargieBenson-dv9ek]

I love bargains ❤❤❤

[@Notable2Nikki]

I have a full set of the Pfalzgraff Winterberry Christmas china. I love it! I usually buy pieces on clearance from Kohl's after the season is over.

[@veramcglaughn5663]

We also keep gift bags and boxes!

[@daisypagan7237]

OMG, I do the same thing with the boxes and bags. 😂

[@pamelaclayton-vg9me]

I love to thrift

[@junewrogg6137]

I buy so much stuff after Christmas when it' 75 % or 90% off. I just store in good. I love deals and thrifting.

[@sharlenebal260]

We have the same Angels! Enjoyed a Fantastic Christmas Thrifting last week at a fave store, so many Beautiful things & Deals!

[@amytinney3729]

One year when my daughter was little things were super tight for me . I was a single mom with a mortgage and a car payment. Any ways all of my daughter’s Christmas presents came from yard sales. I yard sales a lot that year. It turned out to be one of the best Christmases ever!!

[@miephoex]

My first Christmas tree was decorated with a box of with wooden ornaments purchased at a Thriftys store for $2.99. Fifty five years ago. As a single mom, my son and I hand painted each one. Strung popcorn finished the tree. 🎄

[@plantlife1615]

i think what word that your trying to say frugal Rachel i am the same way i don't like spending mommies also like giving others you have a beautiful heart do they Jericho ministries thrift stores thank you Rachel i love ya enjoy all your videos

[@karincope3019]

Put fairy lights in the skirts of the angels, they have battery ones with timers , or there is also LED battery lights small I have waterproof ones with timer/remote control that change colour that would look nice . Maybe spray paint would give you the effect on the other one .

[@Devie-q9g]

At Christmas. I take all the bags that are heading to the trash. And reuse them. TAgs have family members names on them. I put a larger tag over it or elmera glue bows over top of old tag. Then pass the bag to someone else for Christmas and never see it again. You wanna talk about recyclable resources!!!! :-) I even recycle the tissue paper. As well as the tissue paper I get in packages throughout the year when I purchase stuff online. It's plain white. I'll wrap something up on it. I love when I get my aunts Christmas gifts. There is always a Christmas ornament tied to the gift bag.

[@shamcg422]

I would say "sensible" .....you're a sensible spender. I hate spending money on things I dont use or know the person I girt it to wont use. ❤

[@Agenda21Truth1]

Buy the Long Tapers & just cut them to size❗👍🏼😄

[@lovebug8720]

All year, I yard sale and, i find great thing for Christmas and great things For birthdays.I always find some really good stuff a lot of times I find new stuff for just a few dollars like you said, a fraction of the cost next year my goal is to do homemade Christmas. I would love to do that if I can get my kids to participate. They're very funny now. We just do gift cards for the grandkids. They all. like money. They're from 3 to 22 so.we just do that i've been.I would love to do three of or homemade

[@sandraburke1258]

I hit Goodwill myself 3 days ago found 2-3 gallon size Huge Bowls for Fruit Basket Christmas for 5 households and Platters/bowls for Thanksgiving giving them to my daughter who now holds the T-day dinner at her home as the 10 boys 1 girl grandchildren are ALL TEENAGERS except 1 and Grandmas living room isn't big enough anymore. Its okay to pass the dinners down to your children's homes, 1st 1 is the hardest! Beautiful glass designs bowls I believe some are crystal and either silver plated or pewter platters w/gravy boat ($75 on e-bay I paid $4.99 for a 3 pcs.set). If I had purchased these new I'm thinking about $150-$200++. For 22pcs cost $55 total includes 3 decorative pcs & (1 Xtra Lg long handled wooden spoon) for granny's canning needs. I secretly placed the Christmas decorative's around the childrens homes to see how long it takes them to notice. When the grands were little they called Grandmas the Christmas house, I decorated floor to ceiling every room front porch front yard and backyard decks with you name it and (3 trees) COST $200 after Holiday sales & goodwill. I've done my part now I can sit back and watch tradition flow to the next generation (IT'S WORKING), Happy Thanksgiving everyone and Merry Christmas

[@RobynJones-wt2nt]

All my sis in laws get homemade gifts from me every year. This year homemade orange cleaner (sliced oranges steeped in vinegar) in cute little Temu amber colored spray bottles. Less than $5 per gift.

[@IseetheGloryofKingdom]

Oh that is so sweet and thoughtful they will cherish it. I know i would. I am making so goats milk soap this year

[@IseetheGloryofKingdom]

Do you put oranges in bottle? I suppose not or it would clog sprayer.

[@RobynJones-wt2nt]

@ no steep oranges in gallon jars for months then fill spray bottles with liquid only. I did dry orange slices and tied to bottle with ribbon.

[@IseetheGloryofKingdom]

@ That sounds just lovely. I know all will really appreciate the gift and use it every day. I have a very similar item i had made and do use every day on countertops, oven top, and general cleaning. Thank you 🙏.

[@IseetheGloryofKingdom]

@ oh that sounds very beautiful with dried oranges will also smell very good.

[@ht6684]

I love city wide garage sale season her in WI, its the best time to find things at great prices. Why buy new when you don't have to.

[@cherylmoran5134]

I’ve been in clean out mode lately…off to the ReStore. Hopefully I don’t buy more while I’m there!😊

[@Lisa-ph9fb]

I wonder if those angel candle holders are AVON. My MIL gave me a set our 1st Christmas being married over 30 years ago.

[@marilynclayton3430]

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[@pennynewell3459]

Several years our family made an agreement to only buy, thrifted item for Christmas gifts. We start early summer, buying at yards sells, or thrift stores, or FB market place. You can get much nicer things in budget that way.

[@ArleneKorth]

Frugal

[@IseetheGloryofKingdom]

Frugal is very good. I make my gifts but i do resin glass art and wood working.

[@tesshomestead8019]

I’m a goodwill junkie lol .

[@pineymom213]

You are very lucky! We only have a Goodwill store near us and it is not worth it! They are so expensive! :(

[@laurab8547]

I like getting to know “Thrifty Rachel”! What are you going to do with the yarn? Do you know how to knit or crochet? Is that something you are learning how to do in your retirement time?

[@juliemilliron849]

I sew gift bags from fabric and they can be used again and again. I try to limit the gift wrap. I feel like it is throwing money directly in the trash. Thrifting is great.

[@alanef4127]

FYI: Pfaltzgraff is stoneware, not China.

[@marilyncapehart663]

Hi Rachel no more shopping for me., I give the Children gifts cards or money 11-17-2024, my oldest Grandson wants a Computer Set up, he will be getting that 11-17-2024❤

[@debrathompson2008]

I Love thrifting also, it saves you a ton of money to better spend your hard-earned money elsewhere. Our family doesn't gift to each other anymore, other than the little ones which is very few also, we instead donate to a charity or cause of our liking which is what the true spirit of Christmas is, Jesus died for us so we should do something in honor of him is my thinking there anyhoo, because heaven knows I don't need more stuff I don't know what to do with, LOL.

[@cynthiafisher9907]

Oh no! Now you said “Republican”!😂 You got some great deals! I have a hard time finding that nice of things for those low prices where I live. But I think I’ll spend some time soon trying to find some nice things thrifting. Just a tip, you can chop the bottom off candles that are too long. Thanks, Rachel! You’re the best!

[@shamcg422]

Oh brother..... she's gonna hear it for saying the "R" word 😂

[@Junkinsally]

I think we all knew their position. Very disappointing, but not surprising. Unsubscribing and downvoted this video.

[@GnomeInPlaid]

@@Junkinsally People are disposable but second hand stuff is not. Good to know.

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

​@@Junkinsally she thrifted the box of cards and her purchase of them wasn't like a contribution to a party . No need to go full ban for that holy moly.

[@cynthiafisher9907]

@@Junkinsally Because, heaven forbid we should watch a thrifting video from someone we disagree with politically! Horrors! You would do well to change your perspective a bit and let a few more people into your circle that are not like you. Your world would improve. Benjamin Franklin:”Love your enemies, for they tell you your faults.”

[@lalatotheworld1671]

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[@LeahCary78]

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[@rogoforjohnthreethirty]

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