I am sorry to mention Christmas in September, it really is quite unforgivable of me. Christmas has become such a mammoth event these days that we all have to start thinking about that one day of the year, months before it happens. This year I am determined to enjoy a festive period which is not filled with family arguments, stress, mountains of presents and gluttony.
To set things in motion I e-mailed all of my immediate family and asked my husband to do the same. The e-mail explained that we were trying to make savings this year and that we would be on a more modest present budget for Christmas. We also invited everyone round to our house on Christmas day for festive cheer that was about more than splashing money around. I didn't get a huge response back and I think I may have offended people already with my plan. That seems to be what Christmas involves, irritating people unintentionally.
So Challenge Five is to: reduce our spending on Christmas from a disastrous £1212.84 to a more realistic £200, while at the same time having a more meaningful festive period.
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