Water Cooler (The Columbus Dispatch)

Here is another way to cut down your Christmas expenses and save big this holiday season:
Tight-fisted holidays? A third of U.S. adults said they would spend less this year than they did in 2008 on gifts, while 49 percent would spend about the same amount, according to a Consumer Reports poll on holiday shopping. Meanwhile, almost two-thirds of respondents said they were planning to cut back on total holiday expenses, which include travel plans, presents and holiday decorations. More …