Comments on: 10 16 Ways To Make The Holidays Cheaper & Easier That Don’t Involve Giving Your Friends and Family Gifts They Will Immediately Throw Away — Revised And Expanded For 2009 http://www.abdpbt.com/personalfinance/2009/11/02/cheaper-holidays/ live. love. snark. save. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:11:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: allison http://www.abdpbt.com/personalfinance/2009/11/02/cheaper-holidays/comment-page-1/#comment-1176 allison Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:01:05 +0000 http://www.abdpbt.com/personalfinance/?p=4029#comment-1176 I rather give and receive gifts like the Dallas Zoo family membership $79 for a family membership for one year. It encourages a family to be healthy and Walk around the zoo to see all the animals, museums probably have something like this also. Buy one for each family and have family get togethers once a month at the zoo. Just a thought I rather give and receive gifts like the Dallas Zoo family membership $79 for a family membership for one year. It encourages a family to be healthy and Walk around the zoo to see all the animals, museums probably have something like this also. Buy one for each family and have family get togethers once a month at the zoo. Just a thought

]]> By: allison http://www.abdpbt.com/personalfinance/2009/11/02/cheaper-holidays/comment-page-1/#comment-1175 allison Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:57:13 +0000 http://www.abdpbt.com/personalfinance/?p=4029#comment-1175 I only buy christmas presents for my children sometimes their friends if I know their mom is having a hard time. But this year we are having a christmas that we are giving away the toys we don't play with to the homeless shelter along with clothes that we never wear and several comforters (tired of a different comforter every night being dragged out my the kids. I like the idea of 2 to 4 five dollar presents and one twenty to fifty dollar present per a kid. I have 3 children ages 5, 3, and 1. I am 23 with 20% down on my house, and my 3 vehicles paid off. I love my children but found things like trips to the zoo, park, chuckie cheese more rewarding and less clutter than buying them gifts. Make memories not debt. I only buy christmas presents for my children sometimes their friends if I know their mom is having a hard time. But this year we are having a christmas that we are giving away the toys we don’t play with to the homeless shelter along with clothes that we never wear and several comforters (tired of a different comforter every night being dragged out my the kids.

I like the idea of 2 to 4 five dollar presents and one twenty to fifty dollar present per a kid. I have 3 children ages 5, 3, and 1. I am 23 with 20% down on my house, and my 3 vehicles paid off. I love my children but found things like trips to the zoo, park, chuckie cheese more rewarding and less clutter than buying them gifts. Make memories not debt.

]]> By: anna http://www.abdpbt.com/personalfinance/2009/11/02/cheaper-holidays/comment-page-1/#comment-1087 anna Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:20:21 +0000 http://www.abdpbt.com/personalfinance/?p=4029#comment-1087 You and me, becky, can start a holiday revolution! You and me, becky, can start a holiday revolution!

]]> By: Becky http://www.abdpbt.com/personalfinance/2009/11/02/cheaper-holidays/comment-page-1/#comment-1086 Becky Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:42:16 +0000 http://www.abdpbt.com/personalfinance/?p=4029#comment-1086 Okay, I find this totally refreshing. Especially #16 and #10. I don't know what to do with all these plates of cookies that flow through our doorway at Christmas anyway. And #10, well, I may need some help extricating myself from that "tradition." In years past I've tipped our mail carrier (I do adore her though) and our housecleaner. Geez, it does add up. Now this is my first xmas with my current cleaner, so maybe I can give her something besides $$. Okay, I find this totally refreshing. Especially #16 and #10. I don’t know what to do with all these plates of cookies that flow through our doorway at Christmas anyway. And #10, well, I may need some help extricating myself from that “tradition.” In years past I’ve tipped our mail carrier (I do adore her though) and our housecleaner. Geez, it does add up. Now this is my first xmas with my current cleaner, so maybe I can give her something besides $$.

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