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Prevent overspending by figuring out your holiday budget ahead of time.

Holiday spending calculator

Holiday spending work sheet
 

To plan your savings for the holiday season, you need to know how much all that merriment has cost in the past.

Use receipts (or your best guess) to figure out how much you spent last year and set your savings goal for this year. Now the challenge is to save that money and enjoy the next holiday free of debt. Use the savings calculator to figure out how to reach your goal.

  Holiday spending work sheet
Category Cost
Gifts
Family: $
Friends: $
Office: $
Wrapping supplies: $
Mailing expenses: $
Total gifts: $
Food
Holiday meals: $
Eating out: $
Baking ingredients: $
Food total: $
Decorations
Tree: $
Outdoor lights: $
Indoor decorations: $
Tree trimmings: $
Decorations total: $
Entertainment
Party clothes: $
Holiday activities: $
Other: $
Entertainment total: $
Total holiday spending: $
Now that you have your goal, use the Savings calculator to figure out how to reach it.
 
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