Only six more weeks...

Only six more weeks...



Only six more weeks until Christmas, 2009. Wondering about the extent to which families within your community may be cutting back on superfluous greeting cards, lavish gifts, traditional festivities with all the usual trimmings and extravagant travel this time around. My gut sense of the USA is that in many devastated areas family budget belts will be tightened even further and that only glances and memories may be exchanged this year. Interested in your read of both the local and overall situations.



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Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
[b]Only six more weeks...



Only six more weeks until Christmas, 2009. Wondering about the extent to which families within your community may be cutting back on superfluous greeting cards, lavish gifts, traditional festivities with all the usual trimmings and extravagant travel this time around. My gut sense of the USA is that in many devastate ...[text shortened]... nterested in your read of both the local and overall situations.



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Originally posted by Blackamp
Wondering about the extent to which Grampies within our community may be cutting back on superfluous spam.

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
[b]Only six more weeks...



Only six more weeks until Christmas, 2009. Wondering about the extent to which families within your community may be cutting back on superfluous greeting cards, lavish gifts, traditional festivities with all the usual trimmings and extravagant travel this time around. My gut sense of the USA is that in many devastate ...[text shortened]... nterested in your read of both the local and overall situations.



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It's so sad. Perhaps we'll get a Christmas stimulus package of a few billion dollars so people can afford to buy presents. Christmas is too big to fail.

Excuse me, I meant a holidays stimulus package, since the word Christmas is not politically correct.

Originally posted by rookie54
i planned fer this...
at tha end of august i applied for and received two new visa cards both with $10,000.00 credit limits...
for tha sake of tha family and tha GOOD of tha nation i will max them both out and then change my name...


rookie

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
[b]Only six more weeks...



Only six more weeks until Christmas, 2009. Wondering about the extent to which families within your community may be cutting back on superfluous greeting cards, lavish gifts, traditional festivities with all the usual trimmings and extravagant travel this time around. My gut sense of the USA is that in many devastate ...[text shortened]... nterested in your read of both the local and overall situations.



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Originally posted by HandyAndy
In some ways, the recession may be a blessing in disguise. People will spend less
time thinking about good gifts and more time thinking about good will. It can't hurt.

Cheers.

Originally posted by HandyAndy
Cheers.

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
Thanks. Wondering if you and Mrs. Handy have begun your shopping excursions yet?

wonder how many people will have a xmas hamper this year?

but europe has come out of recession now +0.4% growth now

personally i think every child should be shown the christmas woodland critters from South Park that should be another of a treat to them

I'm expecting this Christmas to be like every other. My hubby and I have begun the present planning, like years gone by, saying 'this year, we'll spend less, just a simple one this time.' Then, as usual, we have gradually spent more then we planned and in the end we'll spend all that we have and give the kids more then they expected and more then we planed.

Originally posted by yo its me
I'm expecting this Christmas to be like every other. My hubby and I have begun the present planning, like years gone by, saying 'this year, we'll spend less, just a simple one this time.' Then, as usual, we have gradually spent more then we planned and in the end we'll spend all that we have and give the kids more then they expected and more then we planed.