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Cost of Living at Christmas: Your spending plans
National World - LocalTV
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23/11/2023
Leeds locals discuss their Christmas spending plans and how they reduce festive financial stress.
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Christmas is a very, very expensive time and if like me you've got to the grand status
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of grandfather it gets much more expensive paying out for my generation, next generation
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down and the next generation down.
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So it's a simple answer to your question about what people should spend on Christmas or what
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they are spending and that is too much.
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I'm trying not to be stressed about Christmas because that just takes away the joy and what
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I've been doing is as I've seen gifts that I think my nearest and dearest would like
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just buying them without having one big glut of spending when it gets really stressful
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and you're trailing around the shop so I've been buying little bits here and there just
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to spread it so it's not horrible.
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I don't have a budget, I have a daughter and three grandsons and I look after them, that's
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all I know.
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I don't usually spend that much on Christmas, I usually just stay with my friends and family
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but the minimum I could spend is like just under a hundred, it depends on what but usually
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my max is probably 60.
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I think spending money at Christmas you obviously spend what you can afford, coming down to
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a place like Otley and Leeds Market and watching the produce that they've got on sale down
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here, it certainly makes a difference and the produce that they actually sell is very
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good.
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The markets down at Otley are on a Tuesday, a Friday and a Saturday, they're getting really
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busy and it's a great place to be able to get really good value and enjoy the actual
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market town of Otley.
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And I'll also mention Leeds Market and the other markets around the area, the market
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traders they come out here in all weathers and they give us a great produce that promotes
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not just great Christmases but also good years.
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It's just my daughters and granddaughters really that I give presents to and I leave
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it to them so I simply buy them a John Lewis voucher.
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I used to give them luncheon vouchers but they weren't too happy with that, especially
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because you could only spend them in Peru.
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I probably don't budget to be fair, my wife does most of that but we do spend wisely and
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I think we certainly work to a budget so that we're not overspending and I think Christmas
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is a time if it's a small present, if somebody values it, it's probably even bigger.
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We have a list, I've got four children so we have a spreadsheet and we make a list so
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we've got equal presents for everybody.
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As for what I want for Christmas, actually I'm learning to play the flute so I've
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kind of planted a seed already that I'd like a new flute.
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And what I'll be gifting, just generally what I'll be gifting, I am looking for
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Leeds United merchandise for my husband but hopefully he won't be watching this.
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