Ask Melanie: How to maximise pleasure without emptying your pockets

Christmas and Lunar New Year are a blowout season for me: eating, drinking, presents, and an expensive pilgrimage to family overseas. My bonus has paid off overindulgence in previous years, but that and job security are shakier now. Any tips on trimming festive season edges without giving up too much on lifestyle and goodies?

Mentioning the word "budget" takes all the fizz out of festivity, so let's not start there. Let's start instead with hedonism, or the pursuit of pleasure, which certainly sounds like more fun.

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