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1- Sell unwanted stuff gathering dust, he's sold an old bike, vintage clothes, Nike trainers and a spare TV and is £210 up. 2. Trade something - he's a computer network engineer and knows what is in global short supply. By buying on line and selling he's up nearly £400. 3. £10 per adult - the family has limited presents for grown ups to £10. 4. Mend and make, we have bakers, engineers, woodturners, jam and wine makers in the family. He's asked us to mend and make for Xmas. He's upgrading old computers, my father in law is repairing a wood chipper he got for nothing and we have blackberry and elderberry wine on the go.
My son reckons he will be donating to charity at this rate rather than spending anything on Xmas.
I may not give money to charity though, I prefer the idea (and have mentioned it to wifey) of volunteering over Christmas. Help the aged always have plenty to do.
I can remember as a kid my dad was a carpenter my mum and dad asked what I wanted for crimbo I said I'd love a goal area my dad made one up I thought I was the bees knees couldn't have been a better present for an aspiring goalkeeper
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Xmas for Nothing? on 16:57 - Sep 30 with 764 views
I can remember as a kid my dad was a carpenter my mum and dad asked what I wanted for crimbo I said I'd love a goal area my dad made one up I thought I was the bees knees couldn't have been a better present for an aspiring goalkeeper
That sounds awesome.
I asked for new football boots one Christmas, I was an aspiring ful back. I got a cricket bat because mum's new boyfriend was a cricket fan. Shit Christmas that was, I hate cricket
The only thing that eclipses Christmas spending for crass stupidity and excess is wedding spending. The only people I spend serious money on each Christmas are the missus and the mother, and even then only because they do the same for me.
£30 each for nieces and stepkids. Non-gift agreements with everyone else, other than my dad. We agree a budget for that. Something fun like £3.50. It encourages creativity. One year it was only £1.
Pain or damage don't end the world. Or despair, or f*cking beatings. The world ends when you're dead. Until then, you got more punishment in store. Stand it like a man... and give some back.
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Xmas for Nothing? on 23:04 - Sep 30 with 683 views
The only thing that eclipses Christmas spending for crass stupidity and excess is wedding spending. The only people I spend serious money on each Christmas are the missus and the mother, and even then only because they do the same for me.
£30 each for nieces and stepkids. Non-gift agreements with everyone else, other than my dad. We agree a budget for that. Something fun like £3.50. It encourages creativity. One year it was only £1.
One Christmas my son, for a laugh, had wrapped an item we already owned and never used.
He did also give us a proper present, but he had a point , the old unused stuff was decent- wasteful society.
The only thing that eclipses Christmas spending for crass stupidity and excess is wedding spending. The only people I spend serious money on each Christmas are the missus and the mother, and even then only because they do the same for me.
£30 each for nieces and stepkids. Non-gift agreements with everyone else, other than my dad. We agree a budget for that. Something fun like £3.50. It encourages creativity. One year it was only £1.
Myself and the wife have a no spend agreement but we always buy something small for each other, usually a fun present, just to have something to open Christmas morning. Last year I got a small book, 101 things to do while your having a poo! She's always moanong about flies and spiders so I got her an extendable fly swatter.
The only person we spend on is our son. We only give cards to people we won't see. During the pandemic we sort of adopted an elderly lady with health issues, she lives alone so we try to visit her and will be making more effort over Christmas too.
We'll put our eco friendly decs up. We'll go to Skewen park where my wife collects various bits of plant to make a Crimbo wreath for the front door and at some point we'll share a crimbo beer with out neighbours, we have fantastic neighbours.
Christmas should be about people not money. Says the bloke who doesn't speak to most of his family! But that's another story.
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