Making Cents: How to budget now for your spending plans at Christmas

There are a number of clever ways you can ease the financial pressure this Christmas.

Children are (hopefully) currently looking forward to the mid-term break and Halloween at the end of it. But parents are acutely aware that as soon as the masks and pumpkins are cleared away, attention will turn to Christmas, with all the pleasure and pressures it brings.

With a little over 10 weeks until December 25, now is a good time to take action and reduce the stress closer to the big day.