Christmas

Christmas Card Database

October 8, 2008

I have lived in several different places throughout my life, so I have many friends that I don’t get to talk to on a regular basis. I love to send and receive Christmas cards. Many times, it is the only time that I am able to catch up on what is going on in my [...]

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Homemade Christmas Gifts

October 3, 2008

With many people to buy Christmas presents for in my extended family, I have to keep my gift budget fairly low per person. One way that I try to extend the money that I spend is by making some of my gifts. The key to homemade gifts is that you need to start planning, preparing, [...]

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Planning for Christmas

September 19, 2008

One of the best ways to control your spending during the Christmas season (and to spend meaningful time with your family) is to plan Christmas ahead of time. You can get much better deals on presents, baking goods, wrapping paper, etc, if you plan ahead….in addition to saving your sanity. Here are some of my [...]

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Inexpensive Birthday (and Christmas) Presents

September 12, 2008

My older son is only 5, so he hasn’t been invited to too many birthday parties so far…but I know it’s coming. For the birthday parties that he was invited to last year, I struggled with what to buy for the birthday boy. I didn’t really know them very well, and I didn’t really know [...]

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