• Treat neighbors to festive Christmas-tree gifts.christmas tree image by Maria Brzostowska from Fotolia.com
  
  When Christmas rolls around this year, make sure you have a gift on-hand for your neighbors. Give them a gift to show how much you appreciate having them as neighbors and friends. Please an entire family with a festive Christmas-tree inspired gift they can enjoy all season long.
  
  

Personalized Ornament

• Treat neighbors to a personalized ornament to prove you put time, effort and thought into their gift. As a thoughtful touch, create a one-of-a-kind gift using a plain round glass ornament and craft items. Choose a red, green, silver or gold ornament and enhance it using glittery paint and stencils. Decorate the with the neighbors' last name along with the year. Write a special message, such as "#1 Neighbor." As another option, have an elegant glass or sterling silver ornament etched or engraved with the name or message. Present the ornament in a decorative padded gift box.
  
  

Whimsical Tree Lights

• As a twist on traditional Christmas-tree lights, surprise neighbors with a whimsical string instead. Creative tree lights will transform their tree from basic to eye-catching. They can also wrap the lights around stair railings and porch pillars. Choose plastic string lights featuring charming star, angel, snowman, snowflake, Santa Claus, reindeer or candy-cane inspired designs. Customize the gift by choosing lights inspired by the neighbors' interests and hobbies, such as seashell-shaped lights for beach lovers, grape-inspired lights for wine enthusiasts and golf-ball- and club-shaped lights for golfers.
  
  

Handmade Garland

• Delight neighbors with a sweet handmade Christmas-tree garland gift. For a candy-inspired garland, tie the ends of plastic-wrapped red and white peppermint candies together with satin ribbon bows to form a chain. The garland is inexpensive to create but will make a big visual impact. For an old-fashioned style, create a garland by stringing popcorn, kumquats and cranberries onto clear fishing line using a needle. For a rustic and charming tree garland, dry apple and orange slices and string them together along a length of thin, decorative ribbon.