<prompt> Human: I know its really early to be thinking about budgeting for Christmas but i guess its better to plan ahead. So, im curious what some of you who are trying to get out of debt or have gotten out of debt have gone about Christmas time and just the holidays in general.  <response>: For the adults in our family, we do a pick a name out of a hat secret santa with a spending limit. We dont do the same for the kids but we keep it pretty reasonable. Also, we make home made gifts such as bottles of home made vanilla as gifts for friends. Just some ideas to get you started... ymmv 