Money Matters
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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Re: Christmas/Holiday Gifts!
One of the most fun sermons I have ever heard was about the "myths of Christmas". The pastor asked the congregation the number of wise men that visited the baby Jesus. Everyone answered three. NO! A myth of Christmas. The Bible never states how many wise men there were, it could have been two, it could have been dozens. However, the Bible does specify that there were three gifts...and hence why the wise men are usually represented as a group of three.
My H and I keep Christmas light. We get small gifts for each other. Usually $25 gift cards for immediate family. I prefer giving actual presents, but they all live halfway across the country from me and I hate shipping stuff more. I have one coworker I exchange gifts with.
Now here's my extremely out of the ordinary one. I have a regular p/t job that involves my visiting 24 hotels, 4x/week. They are all in areas that have no free parking anywhere. I'm only at each hotel for about one minute, but the valets/doormen are cool with me parking my car in front to run in and run out. Words cannot describe how much easier they make my life for allowing me to do this. I don't tip them throughout the year, because that would be a fortune. I wish I could give them $10 each during the holidays. But that would also cost about $500. So, instead, I bake 1-2 dozen cookies each year for each hotel. It costs me around $60 and a lot of time, but it is the least I can do to say thank you.
Daughter: 100 on toys and stocking stuffers so far. Her big gift is a bean bag chair, so another 50.00
My parents: smaller gift each, plus pictures of DD and a personalized ornament equals 80
My three sisters: crafting stuff, bath and body works, and a personalized ornament each = 75
In laws : train stuff for FIL, a custom canvas bag with DD's pic, and some stocking stuffers = 30
Two grandmothers : calendars, scarfs, and pics of DD = 30
Some family in Norway : little trinkets from Canada = 25
Shipping: I'm guessing about 30 Extras like decor items, food, etc: 100
For DH and I to buy each other's we budget around 50 each so 100
Insane amount I spent on Xmas stockings : 200 but they should do us forever. But duty and exchange rate killed me, no more buying from American sites for me!
Work secret Santa : 10
Friends kids and BFF : 20
Shoe box gifts : 22 Teacher gifts : I bought mason jars and will fill with candy. 15
Just over 840 I think! Without my stupid stocking I could have had a 600 dollar Christmas which is my goal each year! We are staying home New Years so that makes it up!