How to Celebrate the Holidays on a Budget
Here are ten ways to have fun and spread holiday cheer in Wheaton without breaking the bank.
This year’s holiday season can be special for you and your family regardless of your budget. Here are some fun tips for creating new holiday traditions while saving money. 1) Make your cards from recycled materials. Cards can be made from paper grocery bags, cereal boxes, used file folders and even last year’s holiday cards. Feature your family’s artwork and use recycled wrapping paper or paper from catalogs and magazines for backgrounds. A great resource for making cards from recycled materials is "Creative Correspondence" by Michael and Judy Jacobs, available on Amazon.com. Sign up for the free Wheaton Patch email newsletter. 2) Have fun together and create a festive decoration by making a gingerbread house. You can bake the gingerbread…
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Keith Reily
11:41 am on Saturday, December 17, 2011
Wonderful and heartwarming story. Thank you to all the great team members for being so generous with their time and energy. Their efforts, coupled with the donations of many others, provided a beautiful memory to those who most deserve our gratitude. more ›