Holiday gift guide: affordable goodies all under $100

Make everyone on your holiday gift list happy without blowing your budget. This season EBONY found great gift options for your friends and family, from infants to teens and beyond. We discovered edible treats, Afrocentric treasures, home decor must-haves and electronic gadgets that are sure to make your loved ones smile.

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INFANTS, KIDS & TEENS

1. Fingerless Gloves, $9.99, target.com

2. Artista Brat Onezie, $70, artistabrat.com

3. Puppy Grows and Knows Your Name, $49.99, fisher-price.com

4. Young Dreamers Receiving Blanket, $40, afrobabies.com

5. Baby Jamz Move N' Groove Dance Mat by Matthew Knowles, $19.84, Wal-mart, babyjamz.com

6. Matchbox Holiday Cars, $2.99 (two-pack), matchbox.com

7. Bendomino, $15.95, blueorangegames.com/ bendomania

8. Dog USB Web Cam, $40, reenvelope.com

9. Transformers (Optimus Prime), $24.99, hasboro.com/transformers

10. Mattel 2007 Holiday Barbie Doll, $44.95, BbarbieCollector.com

11. Imaginiff Game, $29.99, buffalogames.com

12. Jumping Skateboard, $99, jumpingskateboard.com

13. Fox & Bear Bookmark, set of 2, $32, redenvelope.com

14. Radica Girl Tech Video Journal, $29.99, girltech.com

15. OVO Digital Photo Viewer Key Chain, $50, Redenvelope.com

16. FashionNation iPod Nano Case $12.95, fashionationstyle.com

17. Ollin Candy Wrapper Purse, $27, Nauhiollin.com

18. Liplicious Tasty Lip Jewels, $7 each, bathandbodyworks.com

19. Glam ID Holder, $21, glamstyleonline.com

20. Talking Spanish-English Student Dictionary, $59.95, fanklin.com

EDIBLE TREATS

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1. Divine Chocolate Coins. made with chocolate grown by Ghanaian cocoa farmers. $2.99 to $3.99 for 80 grams (20 coins), agreatergift.org

2. Chocolate Pretzels from Fretzels by Jill from $14, fretzels.com

3. Garrett Popcorn. Cheesecorn and CaramelCrisp (also with pecans. macadamia nuts and cashews) flavors, and in plain, buttery or mixed in tins from 1 gal. to 6.5 gal., from $22, garrettpopcorn.com or 888 4 popcorn

4. Castries Peanut Rum Creme. peanut-based spirit or in St. Lucia $29:99 castriescreme.com

AEROCENTRIC TREASURES

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5. African Child Glass Ornament. $15.99. Bronner's Christmas Wonderland bronners.com

6. Map of Africa Puzzle, $50 DuSable Museum of African American History. dusablemuseum.org

7. Carved Wood Kinara $59.95 Afrocentric Bookstore afrobookstore.com

8. Body Butters, $15, sakile.com

9. Fulani Candles. $45. sakile.com

10. Makeda [R]. The Queen of Sheba Doll & Stand $99. To order, call EthiDolls [R] at 845-290-1561. (Storybook & audio CD sold separately with this offer.)

11. Roots 30th Anniversary Edition DVD. $59.98. afrobookstore.com

12. Santa's Manger by Possible Dreams. $40, bronners.com

HOME

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1. BonJour Hot Chocolate Maker in pink or white. $40. bonjourproducts.com

2. Dansk Cafe Blanc Culinary Fondue. $72, dansk.com

3. Dominico Glass Wine Stoppers, $14.99 each. bonjourproducts.com

4. Cookie Factory [TM] Cookie Press, $30, bonjourproducts.com

5. Chateau [TM] Wine Decanter, $30, bonjourproducts.com

6. Fusion Hand-Painted Ceramics, Triangle Bowl, $52 Oval Bowl $75 jacarandastyle.com

7. Dransfield and Ross Studded Black Coasters in Box, $66 materialpossessions.com

8. Pod Double Olive Dish from Michael Aram, $86, materialpossessions.com

9. Wusthof 7-inch Santoku Knife with Bamboo Cutting Board, $94.99, wusthof.com

10. Hand-Forged Brass. Silver Plate and Copper Flatware, Gold Whale Tail Spoon $62. Serving Spoon $92, Spreader, $50, jacarandastyle.com

11. Odori Tea Box of cast iron, $50, bonjourproducts.com

TECH

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1. HoMedics brethe [TM] Air Revitalizer, $69.99, homedics.com

2. MTX Audio iThunder player for iPods and iPhones, $99.95, mtx.com/ithunder

3. HoMedics iSoundSpa Fusion for IPod, has radio, soothing nature sounds; CD, mp3 compatible, $59.99, homedics.com

4. Microsoft SideWinder [TM] Mouse for gamers, $79.95, microsoft.com

5. V-Moda Bass Freq Earphones, $40, v-moda.com

6. Black & Decker Power to Go cordless rechargeable ac/usb power supply, $19.99, www.blackanddecker.com

7. Microsoft Life, Cam NX-6000, webcam, $.99.95, microsoft.com

8. General Electric A730 digital camera, $99.99, ge.com/digitalcameras

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