Gift Ideas Needed

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Here's the deal. My family (mother, siblings, nieces and nephews and their partners) get together on Boxing Day for a generic gift exchange. What I mean by that is everyone brings a gift in the $30 range. No tags. All gifts are piled together and names are drawn. The first name drawn picks a gift and opens it. The next person picks a gift and opens it. They can decide to keep that gift or "steal" from the first person by switching gifts. The further down the line your name is called, the more open gifts you have to choose from to "steal". This will be our 3rd year. Last year my sister decided that my children should be included (they are 14 and 17 now). I balked at the idea since a good number of gifts the first year were alcohol related. My sister said there were only three, I counted five. Obviously the gifts need to be generic in gender and age (now that my kids are included). Last year I bought gifts that our family might like giving my daughter a chance to pick one of ours if there was nothing more appropriate (ie Night at the Museum DVD). Only one daughter attended as the other was working. This year both my daughters will be there and possibly my eldest daughter's boyfriend. My daughter has asked that I purchase his contribution and she would pay me back. I have 2 gifts so far - preprepared gift baskets - 2 large ceramic mugs each with a packet of hot chocolate and 4 chocolate bars; the other is a lantern with a bag of chocolate covered almonds. It is under $30 so I will also purchase a candle to go in it. So, I still have 3 more gifts to purchase. I don't want them all to be gift baskets but they do need to be desirable by men and women, young and old. All my nieces and nephews are over 20, most with partners. And then there are my two teenage daughters. So you see my dilemma. So, does anyone have any ideas?