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What should I get as a last minute Christmas gift for my boarders?

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Hey all. I run a small but tight nit boarding barn, and thought it might be nice to get all of my owners something for Christmas. I wanted to get them all the same thing as to be fair (not spending 100 on someone and 15 on the next) but I’ve gotten a bit close to the holiday to order what I originally planned.

I’m trying to be somewhat economical, I thought about making little goodie bags of different kinds of treats, but that was a little time and I wanted to go a little bigger. I was going to order custom hooks painted like each of their stalls made to look like their horses, but I’m too close to the holiday now!

So from an owners perspective, what would you like to receive?

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· 15 hr. ago

Our barn owner gave us ornaments, not custom, but a picture frame ornament with a picture of each horse wearing a Santa hat and a card. It was cute and economical!

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· 14 hr. ago

A pair of winter socks for each boarder will be very well-received! I'm not sure how much your limit is for each person, though. There are brands out there that won't break the bank. Homemade horse treats are cute, and you can top it off with some human treats too.

Our barn owner gets each person a small stocking and hangs it on their horse's stall with their goodies. Honestly, at that rate, it doesn't even matter to me what's inside - the stockings on the stalls are wonderful!

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· 12 hr. ago

Agree 100% with the stockings! My barn owner does the same thing and it’s so much fun ever year!

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· 15 hr. ago

Cocoa:mugs, hot chocolate, and mini marshmallows with chocolate straws. Can put together a cute little basket. If you want to do more can add goodies (cookies?). Can be single serve.

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· 14 hr. ago

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One time we all got a brush with our horse's name on it. Super cute and useful.

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· 14 hr. ago

I would want to get a little goodie bag with horse treats and human treats inside a cute mug and some hot cocoa! A fun little holiday part would be fun, too! Just show up, bring some good food and maybe put on a Christmas movie.

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· 7 hr. ago

We hang a stocking on each stall and put a bag of horse treats in the stocking. In addition each owner gets a 5x7 photo of their horse wearing a Christmas themed blanket.

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· 12 hr. ago

My barn owner got us all handmade soap from a local shop last year. I like that it was something local from a small business, and just the fact that she got us something was so special to me.

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· 10 hr. ago

Maybe fancy horse treats? The kind that look like actual cookies.

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· 3 hr. ago

For the horse; horse treats, brushes with name, halter with name, engraved name tag.

For the owner; diy cocoa set, Christmas cookies, warm socks/gloves, a scarf/hat with your barn logo, a schleich horse figure of their horse (idk if they deliver to America tho), or a small giftcard for the local horse store.

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