What 12 Common Christmas Gifts Could Provide To Those In Need

Think there's no way you can give back? This holiday season, you might find just how easy it is. Give differently with Plan International USA.

1. Game Console

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One single game console under the family Christmas tree could provide 11 beehives to families in Indonesia, helping them to earn money.

2. Slippers

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The price of one pair of comfy, suede slippers for Dad could instead provide a family in need with two large bags of seeds to grow food for selling and consumption.

3. Diamond Ring

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A diamond ring in your girlfriend's stocking could mean 22 pigs to jumpstart the economy of one community.

4. Board Game

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Instead of dropping 25 bucks on a new board game for the kids, use that money to donate a bundle of items for swaddling a newborn, and to help improve infant survival rates in Uganda.

5. Coffee Brewer

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A single coffee brewer for Grandma could mean eight soccer balls that give children in Togo a chance to play.

6. Cologne

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Provide the funding to train a medical worker in Uganda, where there's only one physician for every 10,000 people, with the money saved on not replacing your husband's cologne this holiday season!

7. Flatscreen TV

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Rather than updating the family TV with the latest flatscreen, give 30 schools of fish to the hungry.

8. Tie

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The new tie you get Dad every year could provide an entire tool kit and gardening training to create a family farm in Indonesia.

9. Silk Bathrobe

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Your wife's comfy winter silk bathrobe could instead provide two girls with emergency hygiene kits to provide basic health necessities in an emergency.

10. Golf Set

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Grandpa's Christmas golf set could purchase six backpacks of school supplies.

11. Tablet

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Tell your daughter that instead of buying her that coveted tablet, her gift could instead provide two dairy cows to families who lost their livestock in Typhoon Haiyan.

12. Motorcycle

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The motorcycle your husband has been begging for could mean refurbishing an entire rural health clinic.

This holiday season #givedifferently.