Christmast gifts under £10

Brrr…  I write this post while wrapped in a quilted throw which doesn’t cover my feet, so they’re like little blocks of ice… there’s no escaping the fact that Christmas is nearly here!  Unless you live in Australia of course, where you’ll be sweating buckets, but details schmetails

New shopping discount codes added

December already… is it me, or has this year really flown?

If, like me, you’ve still not finished your Christmas shopping yet, then you’ll be pleased to know that you can get discounts on your Christmas shopping by visiting Keep Christmas Cheap.

This morning I’ve added some new discount codes to the existing list; if you’re looking for toys and gadgets you can get 5% off at GadgetePoint and ToysGamesGifts, and if you want to buy high street fragrances without paying high street prices, pop over to Fragrance Zone and get 5% off their already low prices.

To get the links and the discount voucher codes, please visit our shopping discount codes page.

Average cost of Christmas drops from £1,000 to £400: consumers spending less on presents and buying fewer luxury foods

AVERAGE COST OF CHRISTMAS DROPS FROM £1,000 TO £400

Consumers spending less on presents and buying fewer luxury foods

02 December 2008, Caernarfon, Gwynedd

A survey has revealed that consumers will spend, on average, £600 less on celebrating Christmas this year than they did in 2007, saving money by buying fewer luxury foods and spending less on Christmas presents.

The survey, conducted by Keep Christmas Cheap (www.keepchristmascheap.co.uk), revealed that while respondents don’t necessarily foresee major financial problems in these final few weeks before Christmas, they’re tightening their belts to avoid problems later.

Gifts in the under £5 category doubled!

Tarran-tarrah! The Gifts Under £5 category at Keep Christmas Cheap now contains twice as many cheap Christmas gift ideas as it did this morning.  Woohoo!

There’s gifts for kids, gifts for the home, gifts for him, gifts for her and gifts that would be great for either men or women. You know the sort of thing – those daft gadgets that would be suitable for just about anybody…

Save up to 15% on your Christmas shopping!

Well would you look at that – a few days without a post… I must be slipping!  Still, I think this one will make up for my recent silence, as it’s the post that tells you how to get discounts from some fantastic online retailers.

I’ve gathered voucher codes for some great discounts against your online Christmas shopping, including a whopping 15% off at online toy store Character Online and 10% off iRiver products at Advanced MP3 Players.

To get the codes, all you need to do is pop over to our new shopping discount codes page, click any links that interest you, and add the relevant discount code at the checkout when you’ve finished shopping.  Couldn’t be easier!

Happy shopping!

Christmas recipes wanted!

The Keep Christmas Cheap Christmas food and drink category could do with a bit of padding out… have you got a favourite recipe you’d like to share?

Perhaps you have a favourite Christmas drink recipe you’d like to tell people about – for example punch or eggnog – or maybe you’ve invented a really special stuffing for your Christmas turkey that you’d be happy to share with our readers.  Or maybe you’re a veggie or a vegan and would like to share your favourite meat-free recipes with visitors to Keep Christmas Cheap.

If you have a Christmas food or drink idea that you’d like to share, please pop over to Keep Christmas Cheap and submit your tip.

Tons of stocking fillers added to Keep Christmas Cheap!

Woohoo, Friday at last!  Not much in the way of site updates to Keep Christmas Cheap yesterday, as I was busy with accounts and payroll (and what a joke that was, but that’s another story) and I had a client’s newsletter to deal with (if you don’t already know, in my other life I’m a marketer – I own and manage debbidoo).

But I’ve more than made up for it today, by adding simply TONS of new stocking fillers to Keep Christmas Cheap; the stocking fillers category has more than doubled in size today, and there’s more to come!

Beautiful jewellery gifts added at Keep Christmas Cheap

Afternoon

Just finished an intense day of adding loads more Christmas gifts to Keep Christmas Cheap.  This time it’s jewellery by Pia Jewellery, who stock beautiful, unusual jewellery that I’ve not seen anywhere else before…

You’ll find these products in the Christmas gifts under £20, Christmas gifts under £15 and Christmas gifts under £10 categories.  Check it out!

Christmas party accessories – NEW!

As of about five minutes ago, we now have a Christmas party accessories category at Keep Christmas Cheap – and already it contains a great selection of Christmas party accessories from Party Sprite, including balloons and novelties.  We’ll be adding more soon, so make sure you keep checking for updates!

My favourite products in this section are the balloon headwear items – they’re hilarious!  I can just imagine my hubby wearing one of these while we eat Christmas dinner… ho ho ho!

Reader’s tips added to Keep Christmas Cheap

This morning I’ve added four new tips from one of Keep Christmas Cheap’s visitors, Yvonne Phillips (thank you Yvonne – your contributions are very much appreciated!).

Yvonne submitted some cracking tips: