Good Old Christmas... Stress? (How Many People Do You Give Gifts To & How Much Do You Plan to Spend?)
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Oh yeah, I forgot about the bread!
I bake sourdough bread, and I almost live on the stuff. I bake 30-ish loaves at a time and freeze it. Most of the year I bake bread maybe once every three months or so.
Somewhere around the first of December I bake bread twice. I give a loaf to everybody at church who has expressed they like my bread. I give a loaf to certain coworkers I respect. And there are other places where bread goes: Last year a friend commissioned 14 loaves to give to her friends (she paid me for them) and another friend wanted 10 loaves as a donation for a fundraiser. I wound up giving out about 60-ish loaves last December (counting the 14 I got paid for.) Then I had to make more bread for me to eat for the next couple months.
I bake sourdough bread, and I almost live on the stuff. I bake 30-ish loaves at a time and freeze it. Most of the year I bake bread maybe once every three months or so.
Somewhere around the first of December I bake bread twice. I give a loaf to everybody at church who has expressed they like my bread. I give a loaf to certain coworkers I respect. And there are other places where bread goes: Last year a friend commissioned 14 loaves to give to her friends (she paid me for them) and another friend wanted 10 loaves as a donation for a fundraiser. I wound up giving out about 60-ish loaves last December (counting the 14 I got paid for.) Then I had to make more bread for me to eat for the next couple months.
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I've purchased everything I'm getting my parents. Have a few thoughts for my brother, but he says all he wants is help with food and bills. As for his stepkids (teens and preteens) well they can't keep track of money or gift cards so they may just get homemade printouts that say I'll take them shopping (or maybe I'll combine presents so that my brother's present is being able to get stuff for his stepkids, dunno yet).
I won't go into debt for christmas so I set aside a bit of money each month and set a per person budget based on that.
I won't go into debt for christmas so I set aside a bit of money each month and set a per person budget based on that.
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The old CC system allowed 40 answers.
The new system allows the number of answers you see and I maxed it out. Do you write polls here? I hope you will. I really want to see how others work within the limitations.
Also, as you get to know the community here, you'll also come to realize that many on the forum are working with limited finances, and $100 is actually a lot of money to many people here.
The new system allows the number of answers you see and I maxed it out. Do you write polls here? I hope you will. I really want to see how others work within the limitations.
Also, as you get to know the community here, you'll also come to realize that many on the forum are working with limited finances, and $100 is actually a lot of money to many people here.
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I do understand what you're saying, Ghoti.
In fact, I think you've inspired a new thread.
Don't worry, I'll give you the credit.
As for myself, I spend less than $100 on Christmas but I had several other years where I spent much more.
I'm trying to be more minimal now, but that's just me, and cutting back on Christmas gifts was also part of my budget for paying off my car.
In fact, I think you've inspired a new thread.
Don't worry, I'll give you the credit.
As for myself, I spend less than $100 on Christmas but I had several other years where I spent much more.
I'm trying to be more minimal now, but that's just me, and cutting back on Christmas gifts was also part of my budget for paying off my car.
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I agree. We should travel light in this journey called life, since we can't bring anything if we depart anyway. Living simply and minimally gives you more peace because you won't be keeping up with the joneses anymore. It is very stressful, I don't get why people keep doing it to themselves.
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