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3 Steps For A More Enjoyable and Affordable Holiday Season!
We have the holidays upon us, so I thought this would be the perfect to talk about holiday spending, planning and sanity. I love to think of the last quarter of the year as a time of celebration and spending extra time with the ones that I love. But it has become such a stressful time of year for American’s. Why? Maybe it is because of the amount of money we are spending to celebrate. From October to New Year’s American’s spend $1.5 trillion, yes, I said trillion dollars on four holidays. That averages out to about $12,000 per household. Wowzer!!! That is a lot of money for four days…
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Money :: Trimming the Fat Off of Your Christmas List
With the American Research Group reporting that shoppers are planning on spending just over $800 on holiday gifts this year, it’s not surprising that some people are crying uncle and trying to trim their list of presents down to a more manageable size. If you are one of these people, you might be surprised at how easy it actually is to trim people off your list once you begin the editing process. The Secret Santa In many cases, you can trim your holiday gift list substantially by suggesting a Secret Santa to different groups in your life. For example, instead of buying presents for everyone in your office,…
