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December is overwhelming

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Decmommm · 18/12/2024 13:45

Just having a moment. I am very fortunate by the way, I know how lucky I am and this is what I’m worried about !

My kids are December / January birthdays and there’s Christmas in the middle of it. Both of my siblings are early January (twins) and have their 30th. So Christmas , my eldest a birthday, my siblings birthday then my youngest

It’s a lot and I try my best to refrain from BNPL/credit as when younger I was a spend thrift and got lots of debt. I’ve learned but this month I’ve had no choice. There is so much to get for so many different people and I feel
guilty for doing BNPL (and like I say I am fortunate, I can sort it both on December and January payday) but I have shame about any sort of credit / BNPL

I know it’s not the gifts that matter, it’s not just that it’s just I want each occasion to be special. Even food Christmas dinner is so expensive but worth it

i want to enjoy this really festive time and not stress. But feel like I’m in the same boat as many

Again I’m so fortunate, that I can do Christmas dinner and get people presents. I am definitely not moaning about that! Just wanted to kind of do a post for anyone overwhelmed by it all to just say - me too!

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Chowtime · 18/12/2024 17:53

The only thing that really helped me was following the organised mum method christmas plan which you can time so that it ends on the last day of November, giving you the whole of December to just enjoy the christmas season.

It is overwhelming, years ago it was just xmas day and boxing day but now it's a season, from 1 December to 6 January when the school go back so there is more expense now too.

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