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Decorations:
Why buy expensive baubles to decorate Christmas tree when home made decorations can be just as effective without incurring cost.
Involve children. It is their Christmas, after all! Get them to paint, colour, cut, design and make their own decorations for tree.
They can also be shown how to make a variety of decorations for house including decorative seasonal paper banners, place setting tags, paper candles and paper lanterns.
By involving children you will give them a sense of achievement and a certain amount of pride in what they have accomplished. That has to be more meaningful than just buying some costly decoration and placing it on tree?
Food:
Why buy an expensive turkey when a chicken can be just as tasty and less costly? It will also take less time to cook thereby saving on electricity bill.
Shopping:
When you do your Christmas shopping try not to be influenced by all clever marketing ploys used to get you to spend more money. Still look for bargains and continue to shop wisely. Select items that are on special offer. Select items that offer "Buy one - Get one free".
Planning:
With a bit of planning you will be surprised at how much you can save. Here is a useful shopping tip that will save you at least 50% on cost of all Christmas decorations, Christmas cards, Christmas crackers and wrapping paper. Wait until just after Christmas when supermarkets begin to hold their after Christmas sales.
You can then buy all cards, crackers, candles, baubles, wrapping paper and other decorations at very low prices. They can then be used for following year.
If you follow above advice you will save money. The money you save can go towards paying for a summer holiday.
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John Mussi is the founder of Direct Online Loans who help UK homeowners find the best available loans via the www.directonlineloans.co.uk website.