I also took a
look at this research study regarding shopping behaviors around the holidays and
they have data from previous years to give you an idea of how Christmas
shopping has been changing over time. I found this very interesting....
I just
think this is crazy and how Americans are scared to give during such a joyous
and exciting time of the year. We love to invite family and friends to spend
the holidays and fellowship, and travel to be with loved ones, and show our
love through giving.....and all the chaos in our politics is having such a
negative effect on all of our lives and households. Also, we don’t really know
what to expect going into this new year, but what we can do is continue to enjoy
the holiday season, time with our families and/or friends, and find other ways
to celebrate to holidays than spending money. With that being said, staying
informed in what’s happening in politics, even if you think something does not affect
you....it probably does in some way. Budgeting does not have to be a bad thing,
but we should not feel like we need to do this because our government is letting
us down. Hopefully, the October 2013 “Washington Gridlock” will be an inspiration
to finding a long term solution for government funding instead of short term
methods of buying time and playing with peoples' paychecks.
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