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28.09.07

Surviving Christmas consumerism

- family finance, kids and money -

 hello kitty

An employee for Japanese toy maker Sega Toys displays the world’s smallest “Grand Pianist - Hello Kitty Version”, which has 88 working keys and can automatically play 115 pre-installed musical songs, including 15 Hello Kitty related pieces. The original version of the Grand Pianist started selling in Japan in April and the new white Hello Kitty version will be put on the market next month.

Eighty-eight days to go before Christmas! Many of us scrimp and save the whole year, only to lose it all in December. Parents go crazy buying the best Christmas gifts and serving the best Christmas dinners, mostly to assuage our own guilt when we feel we haven’t spent much time with our kids the rest of the year! I’m guilty here too hehe.

If we wait until December to decide on a limit for Christmas spending, it’s easy to be swayed by great commercials and amazing packaging. Hubby and I used to have a “skies the limit” attitude when it comes to getting gifts for the kiddos, but lately, we have decided as a family to lie low on consumerism and focus on what’s really important – family, togetherness, and of course a gift that doesn’t take away the spirit of what we actually celebrate on Christmas time.

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28.09.07

Posting personal information in blogs

- blog manners, family finance -

27.09.07

Are old stock certificates worthless?

- Investing -

26.09.07

Join the peso forecast game!

- forex -

25.09.07

Mom, Dad, are you in financial trouble?

- family finance -

25.09.07

Looking for a mutual fund you can count on

- Investing, Mutual Funds -

21.09.07

Buying corporate bonds

- Investing -

21.09.07

Small money, big lessons

- kids and money -

20.09.07

Where should I put my money?

- Investing, Saving money -

19.09.07

Is the dollar a doomed currency?

- forex -

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