How to Cut Down Your Christmas Gift List
September 28, 2009 by Karen Weideman
Filed under Christmas, Holiday Thrift, Seasonal Savings, gifts, holidays, money saving idea, saving money
Earlier this week, I posted about some ways to cut out some of your Christmas expenses. One of the ways listed was to cut down your Christmas gift list. It’s simply not necessary to buy for every aunt, uncle, and cousin. That’s not what Christmas is about anyway.
Tiffany from Stuff Parents Need commented with a great question.
Do you have any tips for how to tactfully remove people from your list? We have a few aunts and uncles that I’d like to stop buying presents for, not because I don’t love them, but because I think us continuing to exchange presents is …read more
Cutting Back on Your Christmas Expenses
September 27, 2009 by Karen Weideman
Filed under Christmas, Holiday Thrift, Seasonal Savings, holidays, money saving idea, saving money
Christmas is only three months away. You may be thinking, ‘Please don’t say it! Don’t bring up that topic. I’m not ready yet!’. We can’t shoo away the fact that Christmas will be here before we know it, but we can prepare. For many, money is tight this year and alternative plans need to be made. Here are some ways to cut back on your spending this year.
1) If you have young children, consider purchasing used toys and clothes for them or having a toy and clothing swap with friends. Young children don’t know if the item is new or …read more
