Comments on: Ways to Save on Christmas

By: Updates: September 30 – October 6 | The Outlier Model

Updates: September 30 – October 6 | The Outlier Model — Fri, 17 Jan 2014 19:38:07 +0000

[…] Vodka provides some useful tips on saving money on Christmas. I liked her suggestion about buying discounted gift cards – this is something we do […]

By: | Unique Gifter

| Unique Gifter — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 10:12:10 +0000

[…] bargains. Daisy mentioned in her post that her experience in retail has left her knowing that the good sales are long gone by November, so get on it! Check online flyers, check online retailers, check eBay, check Kijiji, […]

By: My Own Advisor

My Own Advisor — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 11:24:26 +0000

Thanks for the reminder to get my a$$ in gear and get some gifts! 🙂

By: Mo' Money Mo' Houses

Mo' Money Mo' Houses — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 19:58:02 +0000

I know, I can’t believe it’s already fall! I’ve totally already started Christmas shopping. I hate doing it all in a rush!

By: Bobbie @ bogofdebt

Bobbie @ bogofdebt — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 18:44:51 +0000

We’ve already started our Christmas shopping 🙂 Actually we have all my side of the family done (or at least the stuff to make presents is bought). His side doesn’t make decisions until Thanksgiving so we have to wait which sucks. But we came up with a semi plan and have been socking money away little by little since May. So while the fund isn’t fully funded, most of it is and at least half the stuff was bought. We also took advantage of a 20 percent off store wide sale to stock up on wrapping paper and the like.

By: Tie the Money Knot

Tie the Money Knot — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 18:08:27 +0000

I can probably do a better job on saving on Christmas expenses. I do try to hit up sales though, as there’s no need to pay full price for many items.

That being said, there is one thing that I WON’T do: stand in long lines as a part of Black Friday sales! Here in the US, there are so many folks that will get up in the middle of the night on the night after our Thanksgiving in order to save some money at retail outlets. Or, in some cases, people simply stay up all night. Not me! No point in saving a few dollars while wasting time and losing sleep 🙂

By: Jennifer Lynn @ Broke-Ass Mommy

Jennifer Lynn @ Broke-Ass Mommy — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 13:32:20 +0000

Ugh, Christmas mayhem. I will try to be crafty (pathetically so?) and make more home-made gifts this year. This way I can include my baby daughter in the process as well and, let’s face it, what grandparent doesn’t love a soggy handcrafted what-the-hell-is-it?-idgit from their precious grandchild? 😀

By: Country Girl

Country Girl — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 01:22:47 +0000

My sisters always go in together to get presents for our parents and for each other, which helps cut down on the costs. I also try and minimize the need for last minute gifts by having some fun home-made stuff on hand.

By: Catherine

Catherine — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 21:48:09 +0000

Every year I intend to save and it never happens 🙁 It will next year though! Oct is 3 pays for us as well but b/c we’re just now starting our emerg savings extra pay=car repairs, ugh.

By: AverageJoe

AverageJoe — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 21:30:46 +0000

Great tips, although this is depressing. Didn’t we just finish last year’s holiday season? 😉