This year, even though the news says otherwise, everyone I personally know is doing Christmas differently. Folks are cutting back, making less expensive meals, and buying useful gifts instead of spending hundreds on frivolous things. In that spirit, here’s a roundup of articles with gift ideas, holiday preparedness strategies, and frugal food. I hope you find some helpful inspiration within! Gift ideas Prepper Gifts Under $25 Just in Time for Christmas 8 Christmas Gifts Your Favorite Prepper Will Love Stealth Survivalist Christmas Gifts for the Non-Preppers in Your Life Cut Holiday Clutter: Give Preparedness Skills for Christmas Gifts 12 Christmas Gifts for the Healthy Cook’s Kitchen The Most Important Gift You Can Give This Holiday Season Don’t blow your budget wrapping gifts! 20 Free and Festive Ways to Wrap Christmas Gifts Christmas Food Easy, Egg-Free Christmas Cookies from the Pantry How to Make a Festive Christmas Dinner from the Pantry How to Prep with Those Christmas Dinner Leftovers Christmas Survival Selco’s Stories from an SHTF Christmas Christmas in Venezuela: What It Was Like After Socialism Destroyed the Country Merry Frugal Christmas: How to Enjoy the Holidays Without Going Broke How NOT to Die on Christmas Vacation Books as gifts Our entire roster of paperback books is available on Amazon for less than $25 apiece. Here are our options: First, we have Selco’s three books, which are absolutely incredible assets to your preparedness library: The Dark Secrets of SHTF Survival: The Brutal Truth About Violence, Death, & Mayhem You Must Know to Survive SHTF Survival Boot Camp: A Course for Urban and Wilderness Survival during Violent, Off-Grid, & Worst Case Scenarios SHTF Survival Stories: Memories from the Balkan War Next we have The Organic Prepper Anthologies. We’re working our way through the most useful and popular OP content and publishing it in paperback form. Here are the two that are out so far: How to Feed Your Family No Matter What: An Anthology of Self-Reliant Food Production, Acquisition, Preservation, and Preparation How to Survive During Dangerous Times: A Prepper’s Anthology of Home Security, Personal Safety, OPSEC, and Defensive Mindset And here are my books: The Prepper’s Water Survival Guide: Harvest, Treat, and Store Your Most Vital Resource The Prepper’s Canning Guide: Affordably Stockpile a Lifesaving Supply of Nutritious, Delicious, Shelf-Stable Foods Prepper’s Pantry: Build a Nutritious Stockpile to Survive Blizzards, Blackouts, Hurricanes, Pandemics, Economic Collapse, or Any Other Disasters Be Ready for Anything: How to Survive Tornadoes, Earthquakes, Pandemics, Mass Shootings, Nuclear Disasters, and Other Life-Threatening Events The Blackout Book: A Quick Start Guide to Handling a Power Outage Like a Boss How to Prep When You’re Broke: A Prepper’s Guide to Survival on a Budget Plus if you have family members you want to break in gently to preparedness, I have two books in the frugality niche. The Ultimate Guide to Frugal Living: Save Money, Plan Ahead, Pay Off Debt & Live Well  What to Eat When You’re Broke: A Frugal Food Philosophy for Eating WELL on a Tiny Budget And now we have two novels! Dear Diary: It’s Me, Jessica The Widow in the Woods Other preparedness and survival titles for book lovers Here are articles with my other book recommendations for the entire family: The 10 Food Preservation Books Every Prepper Needs The Essential Prepper’s Library: 30 Books Every Prepared Family Should Own Our Top 20 Works of Fabulous Fiction to Inspire Self-Reliant, Liberty-Loving Children and Teens The Herbalist’s Bookshelf The Reader’s Choice Survival and Preparedness Library The Reader’s Choice Library: Prepper Fiction You’ve Gotta Read I hope these articles and ideas help! I hope that your holiday is winding up to be filled with peace, love, good food, and good people. I hope that some of the ideas here help you to make this a very prepared and pleasant holiday! Please share your own prepper or thrifty Christmas ideas in the comments section! Merry Christmas from all of us here at The Organic Prepper!   The post Everything You Need to Know for a Very Prepper Christmas appeared first on The Organic Prepper.

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