The holiday season is amongst us and we all are feeling the joy. Every year at this time when people are giving blessings and welcoming Thanksgiving, the retail companies begin their marketing tactics to make you spend early and often. Why must we correlate the holidays with spending more than we have to, during Christmas? I see it all the time in the commercials, as kids get a big smile while receiving the latest and greatest toys. Those toys might be a must buy this year and you might be the super duper mom / dad who will get it for little Johnny.
But to enlighten you that toy will 75% of the time get pushed aside to collect dust a week after Christmas. So I ask you to begin this holiday season with a new mentality and question is your purchase really something that will be appreciated and will it add value to your kids life? If not I think you should just forgo the nonsense materialism. If you need an alternative present why not buy your kids a skill building lesson. (Dance, Sport, Instruments, Language Lessons)
The Holiday Money Quotes:
Santa and his elves prepare all year long for Christmas, I suggest you do the same beginning in March -Rich Uncle EL
During the holidays, people forget their priorities; it’s about spending time together not who can spend the most. – Rich Uncle EL
Layaway might seem like a good service, but it is just a marketing tactic to make consumers spend over budget. – Rich Uncle EL
I rather go away for the holidays with family, then to purchase unnecessary things- Rich Uncle EL
A toy will be pushed aside forever, while dance lessons will stay with them forever – Rich Uncle EL
These are the holiday money quotes I came up with for all of my readers to bring in the holiday season with a different purpose. I hope to inspire you to rethink things and understand that experiences together have more value than spending dollars for things. I see it all the time people trying to express how much they love family members by spending a big sum of money on a specific item for Christmas. How about getting your sister a massage session, or getting acting classes for your lively brother who always likes to talk. The kids love toys I will admit it, but after the holidays those toys will not get the same attention. Getting them a board game that will involve the entire family spending precious time together that will bring a bigger longer lasting smile to their faces.
Happy Thanksgiving !
Comment if you will be smart to consider the holiday money quotes?
PS: Who will watch a Snoopy Movie this Holiday Season?
Rich Uncle EL
