You seat here with me, read this content when the Christmas is coming. It means you don’t have many things to do during this holiday season. But don’t feel bad about that, just do something to make you happy, and of course money can make you happy.

There are several way that help you can both sit in front of the screen and still make money, even more chances for you during the Christmas. It is so wrong if I tell you that you will be rich after do all of this thing, but get enough money for the happy holiday is not impossible.

Let go to the main point.

How to save money for Christmas?

1. Filling the surveys:

Of course, you can’t be rich by taking survey, however, it is a nice way to get some money or gift card for online shopping.

With Swagbucks, you can earn points, called SB Point, that can exchange to money or to buy thing online by filling the survey, watching the short video.

Another thing you can do with Swagbucks is that you just have to set it as the default search engine, it will pay you for your search. One minute set up and you have a very effective tool making money. Plus, you can receive 5$ when you sign up on this site.

2. Get money from bank account.

Some banks will get you quite a good amount of money when you open a new checking and savings account.

Bank like Chase give you a brilliant opportunity to make money:

• Go to Chase Total Checking page, enter your email address to get a coupon code. You will need this code for taking the bonus.
• Open your email and click the “Open Now” button for Chase Total Checking, and then select the “I would like to start a new application” option under the Getting Started section. This offer expires on 1/15/16, so you’ll need to complete the application before then.
• If you make a direct deposit in your account within the first 60 days, Chase will credit your checking account with $150.
• You can earn an additional $100 if you open a Chase savings accounts with a $10K deposit and maintain that balance for 90 days. You are not required to open the savings account to earn the $150 Chase checking bonus.

You can come to Santander Bank for the same promotion programs.

3. Keep downloading apps.

This sound simple. Some companies like Google or Nielsen pay you to install their apps on your cell phone. And you will receive the money for every month you keep them installed.

These apps help the companies to collect data from cell phone and have a better understand about customers. I think it is not harmless when the firms know more about the consumers, it just help them improving their products.

Here is the list of the apps I am interested in:

– Smart Panel – Once you’ve qualified and downloaded the app, they will give you $5. If you keep it installed for at least two weeks, you’ll earn another $10. And then for every month that you keep the Smart App installed, you’ll get another $5. All total, you can earn up to $75 for the 1st year!

– Media Insiders Panel – this one pays you $5 a month and you can install it on up to 3 devices, making your total possible earnings up to $200 a year.

– Nielsen Mobile for iPhone Users – if you have an iPhone, this Nielsen panel will pay you $50/year to keep this app on your cell phone.

– Nielsen Mobile Panel for Ages 45+ – if you have a smartphone and are 45 years of age or older, this Nielsen panel will pay you $50/year to keep this app on your cell phone.

4. InboxDollars

Another shopping site helps you get the cash back on all your shopping. They’ll give you a cash rebate if you do your online shopping through their site.

The only thing you can do is that create a free account, then use their site to buy things at anywhere you like as Target, Amazon, and Kohl’s. InboxDollars will give you up to 25% cash back on whatever you purchase. Make money easy, isn’t it?

Christmas is the time you spend a lot of money in buying stuff, and imagine how money you can save by doing this way.

5. Go on a Scavenger Hunt Around the Mall

A little complex and you have to go outside, but I still think it is a nice way. You also don’t want to stay at home for the whole holiday, right?

Go online, search and download the Shopkick app and take it to the mall. It will rewards you with points for just scanning certain products at hundreds of different stores (of course you don’t even have to buy them).

The app uses your phone’s GPS to know you’ve arrived. For example, my local Target is offering 30 Kicks just for me to walk in the store, plus I can earn up to 605 Kicks by scanning the 30 items on their “scan list.”

It only takes 1250 Kicks to get a $5 gift card, so if you scan all the products on the list at 8 different stores, you should have enough for a $20 gift card.

After reading all the article, maybe you will be interested in doing something big, start-up should be an option.

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So boring that if you stay at home all the time during the Christmas and do nothing. Try things I mention and see if it can make your holiday less stressful. Finally Merry Christmas!!!