Comments on: Spending Trends: Holidays 2008

By: miranda

miranda — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:19:19 +0000

Thank you for weighing Juanita. It looks like things are tight all around this year.

By: Juanita Young

Juanita Young — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:14:24 +0000

Great ideas Alison! I haven’t gotten so far as to think about Christmas yet (I am struggling with Halloween!). The gas card and food gift cards are a terrific idea and very practical as you can easily mail them to friends or family with a card and a first class stamp…helps the USPS this way also…I will try to do some local retail stimulus with the non-chain stores just to help with the economy, but like everyone else….it is too tight in my household for a lot of frivolous gifts.

By: miranda

miranda — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:52:16 +0000

Thanks for sharing, Alison! I agree that practical gifts will probably be the trend this holiday season. After all, we all want to help our loved ones.

By: Alison

Alison — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:38:38 +0000

this Christmas people will be giving gas cards and grocery store gift cards . Also expect a gigantic lashback from the war on Christmas crowd . I see a very blue Christmas this year – I know that I will be cutting back greatly and buying fewer and more practical gifts

By: miranda

miranda — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 21:20:14 +0000

I agree with you there! Most of us aren’t even ready to think about Christmas yet!

By: Scott @ The Passive Dad

Scott @ The Passive Dad — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 21:17:39 +0000

I was in Costco two weeks ago and noticed the Christmas decorations and even some toys starting to appear. They always have some toys but they had more inventory compared to 2007. Seeing decorations and it’s still 100 outside is crazy.