How to Credit Crunch Your Christmas ; David Cameron Visits Woolies for Bargain Presents but All It Takes Is a Little Imagination

Evening Standard - London › December 09, 2008

Linked as:

Summary

THIS is the season of goodwill, credit crunch or no credit crunch. An economic downturn is no excuse for making no-present pacts with your nearest and dearest: that's just stingy. What the crunch does call for is imaginative thinking: heavens, even David Cameron has gone to Woolworths (while he still can), to pick up some bargains for his children.

Recycling can work admirably, so long as the original donor doesn't actually end up getting her own present back.

See the full content of this document

Extract

How to Credit Crunch Your Christmas ; David Cameron Visits Woolies for Bargain Presents but All It Takes Is a Little Imagination

It's not the end of the world if they do: PG Wodehouse wrote an essay about a smoking cap that he received as a present and would give away every third or fourth Christmas,...

See the full content of this document