Tag: holiday spending
Dec 22, 2025
Cancel culture has finally caught up with this year’s Christmas column—and I’m the one doing the canceling. Let me explain why. Not long ago my editor said, “We need a Christmas column,” and before I could answer, she added, “but not about Scrooge.” Fair enough. As...
Dec 16, 2024
If you find holiday spending overwhelming, it might be time to ask yourself a question: Who is doing your shopping? It may be an inner four-year-old. Most of us have an Internal Financial System™, a type of internal corporation that makes our financial decisions....
Dec 14, 2020
The Christmas shopping season is in full swing. Some shoppers overspend on gifts and end up paying off credit card bills for months. Others drive themselves crazy trying to find exactly the right gifts for the right people. Others hate shopping so much that they find...
