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The day after Christmas is….a great day to go shopping!

In our area of the world, most folks are all shopped out by Christmas.  Many people don’t know about or don’t care about the after Christmas sales.  Still others make it a habit to go out and start shopping for the next year’s Christmas celebration.

Shopping during the after-Christmas sales is a great way to increase the value of your gift cards.  For example, if you have a $25 gift card to a store, and that store has a 50% off sale, you’ve increased the value of that card because you $25 will go farther and purchase more items.  Typically, stores slash many holiday items 50% after Christmas.  The week after the holiday, those savings could be increased to 75%.  In January, whatever is left over from the Christmas aisle could be discounted up to 90%.  The only catch is that the longer you wait, the less of a choice you will have.  The “best” items usually go first, so if you see something that interests you, it’s best to buy it then!

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The title of this post will baffle some folks who wonder how anyone could not have things to do on Christmas Day.  There are many others who may be spending the holidays alone and need to find things to do to keep busy.  Perhaps you are a single parent and this year, your ex gets the kids.  What do you do now? How do you “survive” Christmas?

I remember my first Christmas alone without the children.  Luckily, I had many friends and some relatives who lived close by.  I spent most of my day visiting them that first year.  It was hard though to be positive and happy, especially when I began to realize that every other year of my life would be this way.   Here are some things that got me through those rough first few years alone during the holidays. More →

Christmas is about 2 months away!  I could count the days, but I’d freak myself out, so I’m purposely being vague. I’ve got too much to do and too little energy to be freaking out.

Last week in my blog post, I talked about making lists and getting ready for the holiday.  This week, I’m still making my gift list.  I find that it takes time to make a list for gifts-and a few trips to some stores to see what is available.  What do you get for the person who has everything, or can actually buy themselves everything they want? It’s tough.

Finding the Perfect Gift For A Difficult Someone

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When I was a child, it seemed to take forever for Christmas to arrive. 

I never realized until I had kids that there is only a month between Thanksgiving(for us in the USA) and Christmas.  Seriously, that month seems shorter than any other month of the year, including February.  Going backwards on the calendar, you will notice that there is an equally short month between Thanksgiving and Halloween.  Time warp back another month, and you have the start of school.

After Christmas, you just have time to blink your eyes and New Year’s Eve is happening.  Since my fourth child was born on New Year’s Day, we have a birthday celebration on that day as well.

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