Abstract
Holidays are often an exciting time of the year. Spending time with family, enjoying time off work, and celebrating with family traditions are enjoyable activities. However, the holidays also can represent added stress due to the crunch on your wallet. Decorations, gifts, and food expenses add up quickly.
When thinking about expensive holidays, people often think of Christmas, however other holidays can be expensive as well. For example, Halloween is the third most expensive holiday, after Christmas and Valentine’s Day. Although Halloween does not involve large gifts or family events, the costs of costumes, candy, and decorations can require big spending. To avoid the financial strain of the holidays, it is important to plan for holiday expenses throughout the year and adopt new, lower-cost traditions.
Publication Date
1-2015
Publication Number
FCS5-462
Repository Citation
Hunter, Jennifer and Frey, Laura M., "Managing Holiday Expenses: How to Reduce Spending to Decrease Financial Stress" (2015). Family and Consumer Sciences Publications. 116.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/fcs_reports/116
