If you don't celebrate the holidays, no offense intended.
2007-11-16 09:01:30 · 28 answers · asked by frenzy-CIB- Jim's with Jesus 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
me and my family realize we are very fortunate people ... we adopt a family at Christmas and provide them a Christmas
this is a far better present then anything we could buy each other .... you should see the look on a little kid's face when they get a Christmas they were not expecting.
the you joy you receive is far greater than any material present you could ever get.
2007-11-16 09:08:40 · answer #1 · answered by Steven H 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hopefully none.
I've never really gone into debt because of the holidays but only because I get paid annual income in nine months...I don't get paid in the summer unless I choose to do extra work (teach summer school or get a research grant). My holiday spending has caused me to go into debt in the summer when I dip into my savings.
...but this year we've agreed (my son and I at least) not to go overboard on Christmas...one "big" gift each and no more than two or three smaller gifts is well within our means and for once we won't spend most of the day opening gifts and then cleaning up the mess! Pray for me...I love buying gifts and I know I'll have a hard time restraining myself, but I'm determined to get this holiday under control!
2007-11-16 21:07:00 · answer #2 · answered by KAL 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No offense to anyone but I am a Christian and for me personally I believe I would be offending the Lord, and contradicting the principles of scripture if I got into debt celebrating the Holidays. I could not offer thanksgiving to God for going into debt and neither could I celebrate His birth by going into debt. Thanksgiving and Christmas are supposed to be a time of joy and I personally have never had joy creating unnecessary debt That just does not make sense to me but this is my own personal conviction.
2007-11-16 17:18:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't go into debt. I save and buy whatever I can afford.
Like everyone should.
The only legitimate debt is a house, car, medical bills, school, and emergency situations. We do all stumble upon hard times once in a while, so I consider those unavoidable situations as "emergencies".
(There are probably a few more legitimate debts that I haven't thought of, but those are the main ones.)
2007-11-16 17:05:37 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Im working on getting out of debt. Last holiday season I ended two credit cards accounts, paid them in full and cut the cards in pieces. Next month Im planning to do the same to another. Gifts are going to be paid in cash. Even some of them will be jewlery I and my wife make in our house, she does beautiful crafts.
2007-11-16 17:20:38 · answer #5 · answered by Darth Eugene Vader 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I celebrate holidays but I will not be in any debt
2007-11-16 17:04:18 · answer #6 · answered by larissa 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
None at all, I usually save for the holidays, and try not to finance Xmas.
That just seems ridiculous to pay someone for three years for gifts that don't last that long.
2007-11-16 17:05:11 · answer #7 · answered by Janice Dickinsons' Shrink 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I won't be in debt at all. I do not spend much money. I have no family other than a few cousins. My friends and I don't gove one another anything more than love and a small remembrance.
It is not about $$. It's about love.
2007-11-16 17:04:44 · answer #8 · answered by batgirl2good 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
None at all, we have no credit cards so we only buy what we can afford. Having little to no debt is a very nice feeling!
2007-11-16 17:04:40 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
We won't. My husband and I have a policy that it's pay-in-full at time of purchase for everything, with the exception of an "emergency" $100 that we allow ourselves to put on our credit card if we really need to.
We've learned from the mistakes of our youth, so we're careful with using credit.
2007-11-16 17:22:54 · answer #10 · answered by Jess H 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋