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Individuals, families and couples are considering compromising on gifts, such as only giving presents to immediate family, reducing their gift budgets or even abandoning gifting altogether to put cash towards a staycation.
We asked the administrators of some of the nation’s most popular Facebook savings and advice sharing communities for their festive spending manifestos and tips.
Debbie Steedman, 55, co-founder of Shop Well For
Less
The British mother-of-one lives in Al Barsha, Dubai, and curates thousands of posts highlighting deals and savings from a community of 27,000 members.
How do you keep down the cost of Christmas
?
Her key advice is to begin buying early.