Comments on: Debt Free Christmas Planning Guide https://www.themostlysimplelife.com/simple-money/debt-free-christmas/ Improve Your Home, Life, and Happiness Wed, 28 Aug 2019 18:58:10 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 By: Christine https://www.themostlysimplelife.com/simple-money/debt-free-christmas/#comment-4485 Tue, 12 Sep 2017 19:10:41 +0000 https://www.themostlysimplelife.com/?p=4219#comment-4485 In reply to Anna Marie.

Thanks so much for your comment! I absolutely love your idea giving the gifts of food – something to eat on Christmas morning is so thoughtful! So smart to shop all year round if you know what to get for people.

]]> By: Anna Marie https://www.themostlysimplelife.com/simple-money/debt-free-christmas/#comment-4484 Tue, 12 Sep 2017 18:36:50 +0000 https://www.themostlysimplelife.com/?p=4219#comment-4484 Hi Christine. Enjoyed this article. Have found over the years that if I shop for Christmas or any type gifts all year round that I save a lot of money. I watch for sales and bargains on eBay and keep a shelf or two in my closet for these items. Candles, pretty note pads, glittery pens. It works and I always seem to have something available to put into a gift bag. I keep coloring and sticker books at the ready for children and even buy discounted gift cards that I know I can give to a particular person. When Thanksgiving comes I have my cards ready to mail out, I start wrapping, decorating, and helping other people. Last year I decided to give food as a gift. I made a breakfast recipe for 3 different friends for them to eat on Christmas morning; the next week I delivered something for lunch; the following week they got a dinner item. It cost more than if I would have purchased gifts, but the response from each of them was overwhelming!

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