Manchester Family Facebook page for their views and the reaction was mixed. Mums including Sarah Mc and Helen Wood said they would be happy to go into debt temporarily - with a credit card or overdraft - if they knew it would be paid off in January."If I needed to go in to an arranged overdraft that I knew I could pay back then yes," said Sarah. "If I needed to buy things on a credit card that I could pay back then yes.
What makes Christmas presents any different from other things people buy on credit - it's effectively debt."While Helen said: "If it was just a credit card that I was going to clear in January, yes - I've done that before at Christmas.
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