{"id":527,"date":"2013-10-23T17:45:42","date_gmt":"2013-10-23T22:45:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.creditaid.ca\/blog\/?p=527"},"modified":"2013-10-23T17:45:42","modified_gmt":"2013-10-23T22:45:42","slug":"have-a-debt-free-christmas-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.creditaid.ca\/blog\/2013\/10\/23\/have-a-debt-free-christmas-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Have a Debt Free Christmas This Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.creditaid.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Debt_Free_Holiday.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-528\" title=\"Debt_Free_Holiday\" src=\"https:\/\/www.creditaid.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Debt_Free_Holiday.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.creditaid.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Debt_Free_Holiday.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.creditaid.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Debt_Free_Holiday-300x155.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.creditaid.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Debt_Free_Holiday-768x396.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We can all relate to how frustrating it can be to start a new year with last year\u2019s Christmas bills.\u00a0 With Christmas being only a few more weeks away, we can be prepared for shopping season by planning ahead and creating a budget to work off of.<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you stay within your budget this Christmas:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Create a Budget \u2013 if you shop without a list, it is easy to overspend or give in to impulse shopping.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.creditaid.ca\/images\/stories\/2013holiday.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download our Holiday Gift Giving Planner<\/a> that can help you get organized.<\/li>\n<li>Comparison Shop \u2013 starting Christmas shopping early also means you have more time to shop around and check prices at different stores.\u00a0 Many online stores offer discounted prices or one day only sales.<\/li>\n<li>DIY Gifts- there are many gifts that you can make to give as gifts that won\u2019t break your budget. You can tailor the gifts to the person you\u2019re making it for \u2013 all the more thoughtful!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Careful planning can help you debt free \u2013 you just need to invest some time now to get organized.\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We can all relate to how frustrating it can be to start a new year with last year\u2019s Christmas bills.\u00a0 With Christmas being only a few more weeks away, we can be prepared for shopping season by planning ahead and creating a budget to work off of. Here are a few tips to help you &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.creditaid.ca\/blog\/2013\/10\/23\/have-a-debt-free-christmas-this-year\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Have a Debt Free Christmas This Year&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[45,58,79,80,81,82,83,101,231,234,235,237],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.creditaid.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.creditaid.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.creditaid.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.creditaid.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.creditaid.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.creditaid.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.creditaid.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.creditaid.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.creditaid.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}