Christmas Overconsumption AT ITS WORST | Deinfluencing Holidays

Frugal Friends Podcast

Jen Smith & Jill Sirianni | Backyard Ventures

Leisure, Home & Garden, Business, Investing

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 28 November 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas everywhere we go. But when the ‘spirit of giving’ looks more like a corporate marketing campaign, it’s time to talk. Today, Jen and Jill reacts to the most over-the-top holiday hauls on social media, breaking down why they’re so addicting, and showing you how to deinfluence your own holiday spending before it snowballs.

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0:50.7	Christmas overconsumption at its worst.
0:58.4	Music Christmas over consumption at its worst. Welcome to the frugal friends podcast, where you'll learn to save money, embrace simplicity, and live a richly life.
1:08.1	Here are your host, Jen and Jill.
1:20.2	Mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm. here are your host jenn and jill christmas content has lost its mind we love christmas so this isn't going to be de-influencing christmas or throwing shade on any of the beautiful Christmas content out there.
1:30.8	But when cozy gift guides have turned into people criticizing on how you are saying words
1:38.8	associated with Christmas, we've lost the plot.
1:42.3	We're going to be reacting today to some of the most over-the-top
1:46.5	holiday halls on social media, breaking down why they are actually so addicting to be watching
1:51.7	and showing you how to de-influence your own holiday spending before it snowballs, literally.
1:58.6	Do I really want to insert myself into this PJ drama? The answer would be yes, because I'm a mom, and Bravo is just not cutting it these days. Hey, frugal friends. I'm Jen. I'm Jill. And I am throwing a fit. Do you see this? Throwing a fit. Did you not get that the first time I said it? That's a pun. No, I didn't.
2:18.9	I got it just now when it matters.
2:20.1	I got it when it matters.
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