Christmas

Christmas Gift Bag Miscellany

December 24, 2010

We’re having a lot of miscellaneous posts around here these days, aren’t we? I promise that after the holidays have past, I’ll write some more substantive posts (I have a million ideas swirling around in my head), but for now, miscellany is what works for me. Can you guess what this gift bag is made [...]

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Finding balance in gift-giving (or, some rambly thoughts from me)

December 23, 2010

This morning I was reading The Simple Dollar’s roundup of Christmas links, many of which were anti-consumer. Several of his commenters were saying that this anti-consumer thing can be taken way too far, and that you don’t have to go whole hog on either shopping or on being nonconsumery. I totally agree with that idea. [...]

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Christmas Q&A | Outdoor lights, stockings, gift exchanges, and more!

December 20, 2010

Every Monday, I answer a few of the questions that my readers send me. If you have a question you’d like me to answer in a future Q&A post, just leave me a comment here or email me (thefrugalgirl [at] gmail [dot] com) and put Q&A in the subject line. I look forward to hearing [...]

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Christmas Q&A | Kid’s Gift Budgets and Santa

December 6, 2010

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Help me put together some Christmas Q&A posts!

November 28, 2010

I know I don’t usually post on Sundays, but I was wondering if you all had any Christmas-specific questions for me. I thought it might be fun to do a Christmas-themed Q&A for a couple of weeks in December, but I need some questions to work with. So, do you have any questions about frugality [...]

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3 Ways To Prepare For Christmas (yup! Christmas.)

February 18, 2010

I know…doesn’t it seem like Christmas just passed? You probably can hardly stand to think about lights and trees and ornaments and gifts anymore, let alone consider Christmas 2010 and all its trappings. But, if you are one of the many people who received a depressing pile of post-Christmas bills in the mail during these [...]