skinflint
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|  Subject: Which of the following describes your Christmas routine?  Wed 18 Jun 2008, 1:27 am | |
| Answer by ticking your selected choices (multiple choice).
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Donna
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| | Subject: Re: Which of the following describes your Christmas routine? Wed 18 Jun 2008, 5:55 am | |
| I checked 3 of the answers.The first one,,save in a account.This is a first time I have a Christmas club account..will be about maybe just 200. but thats 200 I didnt have before! I think I have maybe 10.00 a check go out to it.
Also we try to make gifts//bakery items candles etc.for gift baskets to our friends..and LOVE grabbing sales and clerances for gifts,,kinda like a little thrill!  |
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Sissy
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| | Subject: Re: Which of the following describes your Christmas routine? Wed 18 Jun 2008, 7:36 am | |
| I checked:
Buy gifts throughout the year
Craft/make gifts
Don't save for Christmas
Put purchases on credit card |
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mmg2681
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| | Subject: Re: Which of the following describes your Christmas routine? Wed 18 Jun 2008, 9:55 am | |
| I purchase gifts throughout the year.
I leave (some things) for December.
I try to be done by Thanksgiving, but alot of times, need little things as fillers.
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gayla50
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| | Subject: Re: Which of the following describes your Christmas routine? Wed 18 Jun 2008, 2:22 pm | |
| save money in a designated account throughout the year
I did it this year I was amazed how quickly the money adds up
add money to a giftcard (or buy shopping vouchers)I started adding at least $25 to a gift card I have for the Christmas food and extra baking expense
I save at home in a jar/tin I been regularly adding to my jar . that will be a family gift .
I craft some/all of my gifts throughout the year I have always done this I will make all of things for the family I bake for alot of the family .. my Bil waits for me to make fruit cake he loves it , and my children young and old look for cookies
I love Christmas .
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cheapy
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| | Subject: Re: Which of the following describes your Christmas routine? Sat 21 Jun 2008, 7:28 pm | |
| I just don't know how you do it , Gayla!!
I, myself, save throughout the year in our designated Christmas Club Account. And for the past couple of years, we haven't even been using all the of the money, so we put the difference in our emergancy fund by New Year's Eve! 
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