Deals and Discounts for Christmas

Our friends at Walletthub.com released their 2024 Holiday Report – Everyone deserves to save a little money! Read below:

Happy holidays! I know this time of the year is packed with seasonal events, so I just wanted to make sure you didn’t miss any of WalletHub’s recent holiday reports that might be helpful to you. Please find top highlights of each report below, along with audio or video links associated with each, when available.

• Atlanta, Pittsburgh, PA, and Seattle, WA, are the best cities for Christmas (video file).

  
  

• Amazon, Target, Sephora, Walmart and Starbucks have the Best Gift Cards of 2024.

  
  

• New York, Orlando, FL, and San Diego are the best cities for New Year’s (video file).

  
  

• Making a realistic budget and sticking to it, getting a 5%+ return on your cash, and saving more money are among the Top 15 New Year’s Financial Resolutions for 2025 (video & audio files).

  
  

• The Wells Fargo Active Cash® Card, Discover it® Secured Credit Card and Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card will be among the best credit cards of 2025, according to WalletHub’s editors.

  
  

• Credit card debt rose by $110 billion during 2023, and WalletHub now projects an increase of $100 billion in 2024, according to the latest WalletHub Credit Card Debt Study.

  
  

• Wyoming, Utah and Minnesota are the most charitable states for 2024 (video file).

  
  

• Detroit, MI, Gulfport, MS, and Brownsville, TX, have the largest populations of economically disadvantaged residents (video file).

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