In our family we exchange homemade Xmas cards instead of gifts (much easier to get the right size &c).
A few years ago I saw this video and shortly after I came across low voltage strings of LED Xmas lights in a January clearance and the cards my wife & I make haven't been the same since :D
My part of the project starts with spray painting some of the folders we make the cards from and then waiting for instructions on where to put the lights. While I'm waiting I cut up a string or 2 of...