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10 Ideas to Find Cash for Christmas

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Back in 2013, I had a year-long series, Christmas Savings Club , to encourage everyone to set aside money each month for the holidays. We paid for many of our Christmas purchases on a credit card and then hustled in January 2013 to pay it off. Enough was enough and we have since changed our ways of budgeting for Christmas gifts.

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10 Ideas to Find Cash for Christmas

Family Balance Sheet

In 2013, I had a year long series, Christmas Savings Club , to encourage everyone to set aside money each month for the holidays. We paid for many of our Christmas purchases on a credit card and then hustled in January 2013 to pay it off. Saving Money - During the Holidays' Sell Unused Video Games. Babysit or House Sit.

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Introducing the 2015 Choose Thrift First Challenge

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In 2013, The Christmas Savings Club encouraged all of us to save monthly so that we could have a cash Christmas. Our youngest daughter’s dresser practically disintegrated into pieces over the holiday break. That’s motivation to take some time to scour Craigslist and some local second hand furniture stores this week.

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Sell Your Gold Jewelry for Cash | 31 Days to Find $1000

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A local jewelry store ran a newspaper advertisement with the headline, “Holiday Cash-Fast!” ” They were holding a special gold buying event just in time for the holidays. I could have tried to sell the unbroken pieces online, on eBay or Craigslist, but this was definitely instant gratification.

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