Claire Biddle makes her own decorations and will be cutting back on activities throughout the festive season to keep costs down
In our special How I Manage My Christmas Budget series, we find out how people are saving and spending money during the festive period.
My husband died a few years ago and I’m a single mum bringing up three kids. With bills and the cost of living so high, I’m definitely reining in my spending on Christmas this year.so I can get off Universal Credit. I talk about buying bargains and budgeting on my channel. I hope to start making £1,000 a month from it soon.
We usually eat out for Christmas, but the cost of doing this has become ridiculous. So, there’ll be seven of us at mine this year and I’ll be cooking. My dad’s kindly paying for the meat and vegetables. I’ll get the meat from the butchers, but do most of the food shop at Tesco. I’ll also get a few nice bits from Marks & Spencer. The total food and drinks budget for this Christmas is about £200.
When it comes to family, we’ve got a pact to only buy presents for kids. Though I still like to get myWe all used to go to town with presents and have all had to cut back, which is a shame.
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