With digital cameras, most of us take more pictures of vacations, special events, and memorable moments. What do you do with all of those photos afterward? This year, turn them into great holiday gifts.

Here are ideas for sharing them with family and friends without breaking the bank:

Frames: Instead of printing and framing a single picture, consider a digital photo frame. The digital frame plays a constant slide show of snapshots. This makes a great gift for grandparents or for mom’s or dad’s desk at work. Shop carefully, though; some widescreen models stretch photos or display black bars on the sides. And, frames that cost less than $50 can have a lower image quality. Look for a model that has a square screen and a sharp 800-by-600 resolution, like Pandigital's Eight-Inch Pantouch Photo Frame.

Television viewing: If you have a high-definition television, you can copy photos to a flash drive or secure digital (SD) card and view your pictures on your television. If your TV was made during or after 2007, you can plug a flash drive or SD card into the universal serial bus (USB) port or card slot on the set. A menu opens on the television that lets you access the files. If your television was made before 2007, look for a DVD player like the Samsung 1080P9 DVD Player, which has a USB port. The DVD player reads the contents of your thumb drive and displays the contents as a slide show.

Printed photos: It’s still nice to keep printed photos here and there around the house. If you want to print photos at home, you can now get professional lab quality or better from a home printer. In the past, the convenience of being able to print your own photos was expensive, and the quality wasn’t as good. Kodak has changed that with the esp.5 all-in-one printer. This printer is a bit more expensive, but you’ll pay less per print in the long run.

Photo sharing: Photo sharing sites let you upload photos and distribute links via email to friends and family members so that they can view the photos online. Look for sites that maintain photos at full resolution. Choose a site that has adequate control over who can view your pictures and permits viewers to purchase prints. Flickr.com is a great free site for the casual photographer; SmugMug.com is geared more toward the serious photographer and provides unlimited storage for about $40 year