Don’t go in debt this Christmas season
I truly enjoy thinking about and giving gifts. I love thinking about a person and trying to get them something that will surprise them or be special to them. My love language is “gifts” after all. But it puts me in a predicament because I don’t really have the money to buy everyone, everything I’d like to buy them. Sometimes I’d like to pretend, like the government does, that I have endless resources. But the reality is, there is a limit. And we are unwise to live otherwise.
It is all to easy to spend money we don’t have and pay for Christmas for way too long. If your family and friends care anything about you, they would not want you to go into a debt over getting them a gift. They probably don’t have the room for it in their home anyway. I would not want someone getting me a present to cause them financial hardship and stress in their life, because it is so not worth it. Your family loves you for you, not because you gave them a gift. Realize you have limits and work within your limits.
My mother in law had the idea of doing a thrift store only Christmas gift exchange this year, and I am all in! I can’t wait to see what I am able to find for our family members. My parents have been into thrift store presents too in addition to other presents and I’m totally fine with that. A couple years ago, we found a large firetruck that my son just loved at a second hand store. I had seen the same firetruck at Menards for $30 and I’m sure they had sales so I may have been able to get it for less than that. It was $3 at the second hand store. They gave it to him for Christmas and it was just as much a hit as if it would have been the one from Menards. Then this summer, we were cleaning out the play room, and I decided it was time for the giant firetruck to go. It was not nearly as difficult for me to part with it knowing my parents did not pay a ton for it and now someone else can be enjoying it for awhile themselves!
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Gift giving is a part of Christmas for our family. But it is just that, a part. We are celebrating that God sent his son as a Savior to the world, that he made a way for us to walk with God in our lives here on earth and after we die to be with Him in Heaven. A hope inexpressible and joy incomparable to the best human efforts, a Divine miracle! I wish your family and you a very Merry Christmas! Enjoy every moment and know you are truly blessed.
