DebbieS, I've never known anyone to just send a single $20 item -- but you could if your Santee has a bigger item on her wish list. Plus many of us add extras from our stash, doodads from the Dollar Store, extras from our stash -- all things that we don't count toward the $20. I figure the $20 is for new quilting/sewing goodies -- the rest is just good fun to make someone's Christmas merrier.