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Budgeting for the Holidays

The gluttony of Thanksgiving is behind us... so you know what that means: the gluttony of holiday spending season is next! Marketplace's Lisa Napoli scouts out ways to budget your time and money.

To avoid "one heart a racing, two lists a growing, three kids a screaming, four lines a waiting and... five overdraaafts..." we sent Marketplace's Lisa Napoli shopping for ideas on how to budget this season. (Photo: Justin Sullivan / (c) Getty Images)

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