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Money Saving Monday: Countdown to Christmas

November 30, 2009 at 7:17 am 1 Comment  

money-saving-mondayThe countdown is officially on, and I couldn’t be more excited! For weeks, we’ve been planning our Countdown to Christmas—sharing festive, frugal tips every day until the big day. With 25 days until Christmas, we want to kick off our holiday series by hearing about all the fun ways you countdown at home. Do you make paper chains, craft your own countdown or have a favorite advent calendar?

My mom bought the girls their chocolate advent calendar while she was in town this weekend. They have already done the math to see how many pieces of candy they will each get as we countdown to Christmas. This is not my idea, but at least I have finally talked her out of getting a calendar for each of them! We also use a wrapped book countdown. Later this week, the hubby and I will dig out all the girls’ Christmas books and wrap them in leftover paper. The girls will get to take turns counting the books to see how many days until Christmas, then unwrapping the gift to read a holiday story before bedtime. It allows us to display gifts under the tree, count the days until Christmas and have a specific time set aside each night to read their favorite holiday books, ending on Christmas Eve with ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas.

Now, we want to hear your own stories and ideas. The rules are simple: write about saving money on the given topic, mention MSM and link back to Inexpensively in your post, then come back here to add your permalink in the Mr. Linky. Be sure to grab the banner to let everyone know you’re participating! If you do not have a blog of your own, you are welcome to share your tips in the comments. Then, check out the great tips from Team Inexpensively and our readers.

Don’t forget to check back daily as we Countdown to Christmas—think of it as your frugal advent calendar! We also hope you’ll join us next week for Money Saving Monday to share tips on holiday decorations—how do you decorate on a dime?

Filed Under: Groceries, Holidays Tagged With: Countdown to Christmas, Money Saving Monday

About Heather Sokol

Heather Sokol is the founder of Inexpensively. She has been married to Spencer for many, many years. Together, they have five kids, fourteen pets, seven fish, and a web development company. What they lack is sanity.

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  1. Inexpensively :: Creating Simple Traditions says:
    December 16, 2009 at 9:26 am

    […] on Saturday, and now the kids are excited about the rest of our traditions—beginning with the wrapped book countdown we’re starting tonight! It doesn’t have to be a spectacular event to be memorable or […]

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