Have You Started Christmas Shopping For Next Year Yet?

December 30th, 2009

You’re probably sick to death of Christmas shopping by now and are glad to see the back of the festivities for another year, but these days between Christmas and New Year can actually be great for getting your Christmas shopping for next year started.

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Free Christmas Tree at B&Q

December 3rd, 2009

If you can stand having a Christmas Tree in your house for at least 3 weeks, B&Q are offering a free one if you spend £30 or more there this weekend.

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Save Money On Your Christmas Dinner

November 30th, 2009

Walletpop has 7 tips for saving money on your Christmas dinner; here’s a summary, with a few of our own thoughts.

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10 Most Generous Charity Christmas Cards

November 25th, 2009

Just a quick follow up to a post from a few weeks ago looking at how much charity Christmas cards donate to their nominated recipients.

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Poor Exchange Rate Means We’ll Pay More For Our Christmas Trees

November 24th, 2009

There’s likely to be a shortage of Nordmann Firs this year, traditionally the most popular Christmas tree in Britain, thanks to the poor pound to euro exchange rate, meaning the price of Christmas trees will go through the roof this year, rather than the tree itself.

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Think Christmas Comes Too Early? Join The “MCC”

August 29th, 2009

There seems to be a growing number of people getting fed up with the onset of Christmas shopping from about August onwards, and quite frankly, who can blame them?

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Returning Gifts: Your Rights

December 27th, 2008

If you’ve received a gift this Christmas that needs returning to the shop, for whatever reason, what are your rights as a shopper?

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Explaining The Credit Crunch To Kids

December 22nd, 2008

If you’re trying to explain to your kids why Santa Claus isn’t going to be leaving as many presents under the Christmas tree this year, here’s an amusing explanation of the credit crunch for kids.

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Christmas Online Shopping Deadlines

December 12th, 2008

One of the problems with online shopping is that you can’t make those last minute purchases on the web, so you may find it useful to know the ordering deadlines for a range of online retailers, to make sure that your gifts reach you before the big day.

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Tesco Half-Price Sale

December 11th, 2008

Not content with massive sales at Woolworths (R.I.P.), M&S and the rest of the high-street? Then Tesco’s 50% off sale on Christmas items might make you happy.

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