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10 Fun & Budget-Friendly Christmas Party Ideas

Family Balance Sheet

To make clean up fairly easy so that you can enjoy your guests, I have found really cute and inexpensive party supplies, paper plates, cups, and napkins at the dollar store. Gifts must be from a thrift store. Gifts of food/baked goods. Host a Baking and Cookie Decorating Party. 10 Christmas Party Ideas: 1.

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How to Save on Your Holiday Dinner

Saving Cents With Sense

Some of these items include canned goods, baking products, and fresh produce such as squash and cranberries. Give each person an inexpensive ingredient or side item they can be in charge of so some of the financial burden comes off of you. Focus on inexpensive fillers. This Easy and Inexpensive Pumpkin Dip is also a fun option.

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Meet a Reader | Karen from the Great Lakes

The Frugal Girl

My hobbies range from reading to painting, pen-and-ink drawing, cooking/baking, and writing. My grandpa would shoot squirrels when they needed meat, and they had a big garden and my grandmother baked her own bread. Don’t shop at the “poor places” (KMart was one of those, as well as the dollar stores).

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