Aside from not buying anything at all, Yahoo! Finance reporter Stephanie Asymkos, says there are several things you can do to not go into holiday spending debt.

Don't make overspending your holiday tradition and always pay off the TOTAL amount of your credit card purchase at the end of each billing cycle.

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