This morning we hear that a Eurozone collapse would lead to living standards dropping to that of Latin America. Ex-chancellors Brown and Darling predict that France will be next to take a battering from the markets…
So how long will it be before we are urged to splurge on Christmas to save the UK economy? From preaching a message of austerity and belt tightening will our government change it’s Christmas message to – “spend spend spend?”
I for one have been running austerity measures in our household for too long to allow a huge Christmas splurge – we don’t do credit anymore so all our Christmas purchases will be paid for in cash – BUT my news savvy 13 year old has already commented that the Christmas budget should be doubled this year – because spending more on her presents is in the national interest !!
Scrooge or Greek style spending – what will it be in your household?
Mammapolitico 
I am a bit of a Scrooge, but Mr Rilly is Mr Happy Christmas.
We have a budget for spending and it hasnt changed for years really, just added more kids to the list thats all.
We’re not ones to go crazy at Christmas anyway. We certainly wouldn’t spend more I must say 🙂