http://www.thedebthawk.com/best-way-to-budget-for-christmas Get Out of Debt Using Disciplined Personal Finance Wed, 23 Jun 2010 07:33:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.thedebthawk.com/best-way-to-budget-for-christmas/comment-page-1#comment-301 …..Aaron's EnvironMental Corner….. » Blog Archive » Best Way to Budget for Christmas Sat, 12 Dec 2009 22:43:23 +0000 http://www.thedebthawk.com/?p=346#comment-301 [...] If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!by the Debt Hawk [...] [...] If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!by the Debt Hawk [...]

]]> http://www.thedebthawk.com/best-way-to-budget-for-christmas/comment-page-1#comment-300 Hawk Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:41:03 +0000 http://www.thedebthawk.com/?p=346#comment-300 That is great advice Jennifer. I bet most people spend way over 1% on Christmas. That is great advice Jennifer. I bet most people spend way over 1% on Christmas.

]]> http://www.thedebthawk.com/best-way-to-budget-for-christmas/comment-page-1#comment-299 Jennifer Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:47:10 +0000 http://www.thedebthawk.com/?p=346#comment-299 I once read that a good rule of thumb is to spend no more than 1% of your annual household income on Christmas cards, gifts, etc. so if your income is $50,000, would would limit you to $500, which does seem like plenty for gifts. However, what about the costs of holiday travel? If you have to fly somewhere, you could end up spending that full $500 just to get a plane ticket at the jacked-up holiday rates. I once read that a good rule of thumb is to spend no more than 1% of your annual household income on Christmas cards, gifts, etc. so if your income is $50,000, would would limit you to $500, which does seem like plenty for gifts. However, what about the costs of holiday travel? If you have to fly somewhere, you could end up spending that full $500 just to get a plane ticket at the jacked-up holiday rates.

]]> http://www.thedebthawk.com/best-way-to-budget-for-christmas/comment-page-1#comment-298 Best Way to Budget for Christmas Budget by about Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:48:05 +0000 http://www.thedebthawk.com/?p=346#comment-298 [...] post: Best Way to Budget for Christmas By admin | category: budget storage | tags: around-crafts, being-pulled, children, [...] [...] post: Best Way to Budget for Christmas By admin | category: budget storage | tags: around-crafts, being-pulled, children, [...]

]]> http://www.thedebthawk.com/best-way-to-budget-for-christmas/comment-page-1#comment-297 Friday Links - Canadian Finance Blog Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:02:00 +0000 http://www.thedebthawk.com/?p=346#comment-297 [...] Debt Hawk has a post about the best way to budget for Christmas. [...] [...] Debt Hawk has a post about the best way to budget for Christmas. [...]

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