Over Half of Parents Plan to Go Over Their Christmas Budget This Year

If you already know you're going to blow right past your Christmas budget, should you even bother to make a budget at all?

A new survey asked more than 500 parents if they plan on sticking to their budget for Christmas and more than half of them said no.
Only 44% of parents plan to make a budget and actually stick to it.

29% say that they plan on spending more than their budget, and 27% won't even bother to make a budget in the first place.

About one-third of parents asked said that they're planning to work overtime in the next few months to pay for the holidays. And a quarter of them say that while they're out shopping for gifts for other people, they'll also buy some for themselves.