Showing posts with label avoid. Show all posts
Showing posts with label avoid. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Hey Parents, Stop Before You Shop: Here’s How to Avoid Holiday Teen Gift Faux Pas

by: ARA

(ARA) - As the holidays go by year after year, trendy gifts come and go. A few years ago we witnessed the truly engaging battery-operated, wall-mounted singing fish. Rewind to the decade prior and we find the puzzling Rubik’s Cube, as well as a dozen theory books on how to solve it. But holiday seasons throughout time have shared one common truth. It’s a constant struggle to find that perfect gift for teens, especially one that adults can feel good about.

Monday, April 25, 2011

How to avoid Christmas debt overload

by: Rose Lenk
The Christmas season is truly the season of giving. There is no other time of the year when people’s hearts are as open or their hands are as freely generous as they are during the Christmas holiday. I mean, even our favorite Christmas motto states, “It is better to give than to receive.”

While giving does fill your heart with joy and help those who are less fortunate than us, many have taken this motto to extremes when it comes to buying Christmas presents for their children, spouses and other family members.