I was reading this story while listening to a financial planner discussing, how people are still paying off the credit cards from last Christmas.
And this I think will be a key issue among ‘thinking’ households. This Christmas season is going to be VERY lean and in many ways I think that is a good thing. Christmas as devolved from a season of happiness and religious devotion to a mass orgy of blatant consumerism.
And actually creates ‘time’ for the family as the gifts are already bought months ahead of time. post 5
We are always lean here. door buster deals (already stocked up on 1 dollar board games) are all we buy. buy right and you NEVER have to stand in a line.
our budget for Christmas this year was a 50 dollar bill. Still have about 20 bucks left and everyone (about 20) is covered as far as I know.