Christmas Gifts For House Cleaners

If you are struggling to figure out if you should get Christmas gifts for house cleaners and if so, then what gifts can you give to the lady that takes care of your house.

If your house cleaner has been working for you for a long time then a special holiday gift to show your appreciation for a job well done is a great thing to do after all they are the ones that keep your house nice and clean and do all the jobs that you do not have time for or do not want to do yourself.

Giving a gift to your cleaner will make her feel appreciated and will keep her happy so that she would want to continue to work for you and come back in the New Year.

Many people are lost for words and have no idea about what kind of Christmas gift to give to the person that cleans their house. A lot suggests that giving them cash is one of the main favorite choices, but if you know your house cleaner well enough because she has been working for you for a long time and you know what she likes then you may want to give her something more personal that says Merry Christmas.

To a lot of people, a house cleaner and a housekeeper means the same type of service will be provided but in actual fact, they are not the same at all. I agree they do perform the same function of cleaning your house but there is a difference in how.

So let us look at some of the key differences between a house cleaner and a housekeeper

A house cleaner is a person or a cleaning service with a team of cleaners that you would hire for the bigger jobs on a scheduled day and time and would be a once off type of job to perform a thorough clean with their own cleaning supplies, products, and equipment. This would usually be for the purpose of selling your home or you might want a thorough clean for the holidays because you are expecting your entire family to come over for the holidays and spend some time with you.

If you are using a cleaning service or an individual for this purpose then a cash bonus or tip would be more appropriate and it would be a percentage of their rate and is usually between the amount of $10.00 to $40.00. Remember that if you have a team of workers doing the job then it is best to tip each of them individually and not the company they work for.

A housekeeper is more an individual person that has a consistent presence in your home. She would work for you one to two times per week or maybe more, depending on your needs. A housekeeper will complete a list of daily or weekly duties while she’s there and you will need to provide the cleaning products she needs to do her job with.

But for those of us that see a house cleaner and housekeeper as the same type of service just different names and have a regular person that comes and cleans their house once or twice a week than giving them a Christmas gift for Christmas will go a very long way.  A gift that is well thought out and a lot more personal will be appreciated and mean so much more to them.

Us as humans are wired in a way that if we know and understand others, we tend to give more thought to what we are doing and what we want to accomplish, so without being aware of it, we find ourselves wanting to please that person even if they are not family and do work for you.

Figuring out Christmas gifts for your house cleaner does not have to be very difficult at all or very expensive either, you may not know her as well as your own family but you do land up seeing her and talking to her a couple of times a week which will give you some idea no matter how small to what she likes and if she has her own children, a family and where she is from or where she lives at the moment.

Think of gifts that she would enjoy like something she likes to do in her spare time like maybe she would like to learn to cook or she would like to pamper herself over the holidays. Think about maybe a gift basket of cookies, nut or a variety of snacks that she can enjoy with her own family at home.