Credit Munch

What you can buy to blow the budget

Nothing screams I love you like a deluxe gift

People like me

The great escape

Christmas gift ideas for all family members

What you can buy for £20

It may not be much, but it can still get you a gambling addiction, bad sex or a good beating

Mrs Mills solves all your problems

What you can buy for £50

If it hasn't cost a nifty, don't bother giving it to me

What you can by for £250

It's enough to spoil yourself with, but not so much as to be ruinous

One-off wonders

Treat your family and friends to some hip handmade gifts

What you can get free

Are presents that cost next to nothing an antidote to Christmas apathy? Or are they just - you know - cheap?

Who's doing what for Christmas?

Whether you're celebrating in the Maldives or in a Cotswold barn, or giving a soya candle or Cavalli, we reveal what it says about you

What you can buy for £100

If you ask our journalist what he wants for Christmas, he goes blank and dribbles. But he knows what he'd spend £100 on

Relative Values: Eddie Jordan and his daughter Zoë

Ex-Formula One star Eddie Jordan, 60, and his daughter Zoë, 28, a fashion entrepreneur

Going up

'Britain is scarier than Bulgaria'

Officially Bulgaria may be the EU's most corrupt country, says Kapka Kassabova of her former home, but Britain is scarier

Valley girl

The shooting party

The Dark Ages

It's not enough to keep chickens, you also have to kill them

Big Brother only wants to help you

Council 'spies' have been pilloried by politicians for snooping on citizens but CCTV cameras can be a force for good

My Christmas message for Royal Mail: you can keep the card

Its generosity extends to waiving the 50p charge to collect your mail if no-one was home when the postman called

The Dragons' Den, African-style

Want to make a difference to poverty and earn money too? We look at an ingenious scheme that has nothing to do with charity

Young, free... and divorced

Figures show that people under 30 are more likely to divorce than other age groups. Why do so many end up on the rocks?