Vacations as Presents

My family and I took a vacation and used our christmas club fund to pay for it. We agreed upon it beforehand and gave it to ourselves as our Christmas present. Taking a vacation creates fantastic memories and reduces the problem of getting more clutter in your house and trying to figure out what to get everyone.

Younger children will probably not understand the value of a vacation as a present so if it's Christmastime, you will probably still want to put something under the tree for them. Older children, however, can be talked into it, especially if you allow them to do something on the trip they wouldn't otherwise be allowed to do, like try an extreme sport or go somewhere of their choosing.