How about not friggin' splashing out over the festive period?
More seriously, the Christmas splurge - like the two (or four) weeks in foreign climes - is now part of the British definition of decency. Not being able to indulge marks you as one of the poor.
Not being able to indulge marks you as one of the poor.
And all the indignity that implies, coming from the culture that gave us the word "chav".
Proverbs 11:2 Pride cometh before the fall. Money is a sign of Poverty - Culture Saying