Christmas is coming up soon. Are you ready? Do you have money set aside to buy Christmas gifts and to travel to wherever you need to travel to? Even if you said no to these questions, you can still have a great holiday! Let’s go over the things that you can do if you don’t have money for Christmas.
So, what can you do if you don’t have money for Christmas? Well, here are some tips for you:
- Baked goods. Study your pantry and see what kind of baked goods you can make to gift. Banana breads, cookies, cakes, pies. All of these make delicious gift that almost anyone would enjoy receiving. In the past, I have actually made homemade maple syrup (4 ingredients and 10 minutes) and presented it in a mason jar and it was very well received.
- Offer your services. Maybe present a babysitting offer to your family or friends that have young children. Housesitting, petsitting and housecleaning are other options.
- Sell your unused stuff. Do you have clothes or items around your house that you no longer need? Why not put them up for sale. Some of your items might just be what someone else is looking for for their Christmas shopping.
- Do odd jobs. Post an offer on an online marketplace for babysitting or housekeeping services to earn a little bit of extra money to use for gifts. There are countless side jobs out there that people need help with that could help you boost your Christmas budget.
- Go gift free. Who says you have to buy anything? Use the holidays to spend time with your family and frieds without worrying about spending money that you don’t have. Christmas should be about these times spend with loved ones. It should not be spent worried about finances and being stressed out.
