You don't have to spend a lot for nice, meaningful Christmas gifts.
Put those creative muscles to work and make stuff for gifts. Anything from making frames, little trinkets, or anything that they can find use out of will work out... unless your intended recipients are not one for sentimental, hand-crafted items.
Gift certificates work wonders too. Throw them $10-$20 towards the stores you know that they shop at most. I usually go for Visa gift cards so that they can use them anywhere instead of being locked to just one store... but it doesn't matter much if you know for a fact that they shop at particular stores often enough.
Smaller and cheaper does not necessarily mean "smaller" and being cheaper, either. If you know that something that doesn't cost a whole lot will mean more to them than the $50 doodad over yonder, then go for the cheaper gig.
Good luck on that front. I'm on the same boat.
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