Luckily, it is possible to spread the cost without really having to worry about it all that much. If you buy things for Christmas throughout the course of the year, then you should find that you have enough treats for you when the time actually comes. 

The first thing that you should do is make a list of all of the things that you like to eat over the Christmas period. This can include any chocolates, crisps, cheese, biscuits, or anything else that you might like. You should go to a supermarket and have a look at how long the expiry dates tend to be on them. This will help you to work out just how far in advance you could buy the things. Some things, like chocolates, sometimes have more than a year of date on them, which means that you could buy them in the January sales when the prices are low. You should make sure that you have somewhere nice and cool in your house where you can store things for Christmas without worrying about them going off or being misplaced. If you buy things during the course of the year instead of leaving everything until the last minute, you will find things a lot easier to deal with. 

If you like to have things like decorations and crackers, these are an awful lot cheaper just after Christmas, so you should buy them a year in advance for the next Christmas. You can even buy things like Christmas cards and wrapping paper, so you won’t have to worry about the cost or the stress of buying them when you get to December again.

Some catalogues allow you to build up your balance by direct debit during the course of the year, and then choose what you want to spend it on in December. If you do this, you could choose to buy whatever you want with your balance, and you know that you won’t have to worry about not having enough money for the things that you want.

If you take this advice, there is no need why you should have to go without the things that you are used to having at Christmas. 

• Around September, you should have a good look around your house and see if there is anything that you could sell online. If you’re anything like most people in the country, you will have an awful lot of things that you just know you’re never going to use again. You should make a pile of these items in the corner of a room so that they’re not in the way, and set a weekend aside to make listings for them online. You might find that there is the odd weekend where you are able to get free listings, and it might be a good idea for you to keep your eyes open for these, as they will save you a couple of pounds if you have a fair amount of items to sell. 
• Make use of the time that you have online. There are a lot of websites where you can get paid for chatting, clicking on advertisements, giving your opinions or selling simple surveys. You could do this all year round, and then save the money in a separate bank account. You could easily make a couple of hundred pounds during the course of the year without really thinking about it, and this could make all the difference when you’re thinking about what you can afford at Christmas.
• Buy things throughout the year. If you see things during the course of the year that you think would make a good stocking filler for a loved one, then you should pick it up. This means that it will be spreading the cost, and you won’t have to shell out a huge amount of money in one go for presents at Christmas. You should make sure that you keep a list of the things that you’re buying though, as you don’t want to end up with far too many presents for one person and then nothing for anybody else.

If you take these tips into account, you should be able to make the money stretch a little bit further this Christmas. Now all you have to worry about is having fun! 

Have a bucket full of ice and freezing water. The players then stick their feet in and see who caves first.

Christmas

From the first entrance to the party, everyone gets a little clothespin stuck on their shirt. Anyone throughout the entire party who gets caught saying the word “Christmas” gets thier pin taken from whoever hears it first. Whoever has collected the most pins in the end wins.

Pin The Nose On Rudolph

Line up and have a red circle sticker for every one. When it is their turn, they are blindfolded, and they try to pin the nose on roudolph.

Raffle

Everyone gets a ticket on entrance, throughout the party we have drawings.Win prizes.

World’s Best Wrapper

Two people at a time are blindfolded, and they have to try and wrap a present in the fastest time. Then a set judge chooses who has the best wrapped gift the end.

1. Stuff the crumpled up wrapping paper in hats or purses to keep the form
2. Cover your child’s school books with holiday wrapping paper to protect the text books
3. Use a piece of wrapping paper to cover a cork board and hang it on the wall. Now you have a festive board to leave messages and your to-do lists.
4. Cut the paper into 6 inch squares. Go online and follow directions to learn how to make origami shapes and animals.
5. Use the paper around the base of a bouquet of flowers you are taking to someone special
6. Cut a piece of the recycled wrapping paper to fit the front sleeve of a three ringed binder. Slide the paper in the clear, front sleeve to have a decorative binder.
7. Cut the paper into small pieces and leave them by the phone. Use the white side of the paper to write down messages.
8. Measure your drawers or cabinets. Cut the paper to fit and insert.
9. If the paper isn’t torn or too wrinkled, you can always re-wrap a present. If there is a little wrinkle to the paper, iron the paper on the “wrong” side on low heat.
10. Give your kids the job of cleaning up the paper and tell them to have a “snowball” fight