Keep the Happy in Your Holidays: 21 Ways to Save Time, Money, and Your Sanity This Christmas Season

"The most wonderful time of the year"?

We dream of Christmas as a season of family, celebration, and worship—but too often we get burdened with stress, busyness, yelling, and overspending.

Cherie Lowe, author of Slaying the Debt Dragon, knows what it's like to feel frazzled as the holidays draw near. A family of four trying to defeat their debt monster, the Lowe family had to get creative and intentional about keeping the happy in their holidays. These 21 tips—on budgeting, the items you shou...