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Easy Ways to Earn ‘Cha-Ching!’ with the Christmas Feeling



  Now that Christmas is just at arm’s length, Christmas carols start to fill the air of almost every corner of Philippine streets and decorative “parols” light almost every street post in Metro Manila every night.

  Along with the celebration comes a very traditional practice that is often observed to be done by children at the time around Christmas, the “Pamamasko” as Filipinos call it, albeit a cute tradition of giving ‘aguinaldo’ or pocket money to one’s “inaanak,” for those who are financially well off, can be a burden to those who didn’t have the time – or the determination – to be prepared.

  If you ask most grown-ups nowadays, they will often say ‘Wala akong pera kaya next year na lang siguro.’ This and other financially troubling predicaments brought on by this yearly festivity can be avoided by these few business ideas:

1.    Gift wrapping

This business idea doesn’t just have the ability to give you a few extra silver coins in you pouch, this can also let your creative side out. Not to mention that you can also use this to initiate bonding with your family members or friends. With this, you can earn shillings through an hourly rate or in the basis of workload. As a matter of fact, even after the Christmas season, you can continue doing this for other occasions that need gifts to be wrapped.



2.    Home decorating service

  Another way to earn money during this Yuletide season is to sell homemade or recycled Christmas décors. There are many tutorials on Youtube and other sites to find ideas on how to create beautiful ornaments out of cheap and affordable items. By just being resourceful and wise this Christmas season, earning money would be very easy.

  You can also use your talent as a Christmas tree or a home decorator! Like gift wrapping, this needs a creative touch too. The choice of providing your service along with the decorating materials can be grounds for raising your stock.




3.    Religious decor

What is Christmas if not a religious festivity, eh? Anyway, this idea can never go wrong. Well off families and personalities that like to share their blessings are looking for talents to put up decorations that replicate the Nativity scene, St. Nicholas -- or Santa Claus -- on a sleigh and even the wooden or sometimes concrete sculptures of saints for Christmas. Use this to your advantage if you’re up for some hard but high paying work.




4.    Food Business

  We have to admit. Filipinos love to eat. Especially during special occasions like the Yuletide season. Any business minded person will not take this opportunity for granted especially those who are near churches that don’t fail to hold the traditional ‘Simbang Gabi’ every year. They use this to sell the two most loved food during December nights – Bibingka and Puto Bumbong. But Simbang Gabi isn’t the only opportunity to do this! The days before Christmas see the surge in the number of orders for a variety of food for the feast like the Lechon, Pancit, Hamonado and fruit cakes. Just remember not to take responsibility for the rising number of ‘high blood pressure’ cases though.



  And there you have it! Four good ways of earning money to avoid being a ‘ninja ninong’ and a ‘ninja ninang’ on Christmas day! Just remember, the season is all about giving and business opportunities don’t just come during Christmas alone. It goes through the whole year. There’s no off-season. You just have to be ready to take risks. So trust Milton Berle when she says ‘If the opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.”



References:
-          http://tipsnikatoto.blogspot.com/2011/12/xmas-biz-tips-mga-patok-na-negosyo.html
-          http://www.msc.edu.ph/wired/xmaslongest.html
-          http://tagaloglang.com/filipino-christmas-traditions/

-          http://www.whychristmas.com/cultures/philippines.shtml

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