Tis the season to be jolly, or not

Tis the jolly season when we should give more than we receive. How true! Yet funny how sad that makes our wallets. Obviously more money is going out the door than is coming in. And we mustn't appear to be stingy now and buy cheap gifts.

There's the house to be spruced up so family and friends won't see how our house is always topsy-turvy. We must keep up appearances now when the guests come pouring in, eh!

Heck, if only we could afford id, we'd buy gold coins to distribute to everyone who walks in our front door. Er, but how can we do that when the price of everything has just gone up before our very eyes!