I used to be one that would overspend every Christmas - taking the whole hear to catch up...only to repeat the debt cycle again.
Well. No more. I am going to make gifts, recycle things or regift...Let's see how little I can spend and how much cheer I can give!
Here is a comment from a listener about a great card idea!
About ideas for a purchase-free holiday...
You've probably heard this already, but, considering that emailed greeting cards are a bit impersonal and homemade cards can be quite labor intensive, last year we sent out "freebie cards" -- all the cards that we receive, year after year, from Nature Conservancy and other nonprofits, but we can't bring ourselves to toss. Over the previous few years, we had accumulated about 100 of these blank cards, so we sent them to our friends and relatives, with a short note inside that offered the usual "past year's events" and an explanation of our odd card (we usually send very creative homemade cards, but last year we had no time).
I won't waste any more of your time. Your blog must just create a snowball of work!
We really appreciate your sense of humor and personality (?!) on the radio.
Thanks to all of you for bringing David Sedaris to us!
-Andy G.
Thanks Andy! What are you doing to save $ this Holiday season? How does it make you feel to give or not?
