✨ EPISODE 2 — Simply Christmas: Escaping the Debt Trap

A Different Podcast December Series

Welcome back to Different and week two of our Simply Christmas series — where we lovingly look December in the eyes and say: “You’re not running this show.”

Last week was all about choosing stillness.
This week? We’re going straight for the jugular of holiday stress:
Money. Pressure. Overspending. And breaking free from the Christmas debt cycle.

If you’ve ever felt the pull to buy more, spend more, or prove more during December, this episode is a breath of fresh, peppermint-scented air.

Tiffany unpacks:

• How Christmas culture quietly turned generosity into financial pressure

• Why debt has become “normal” — and why normal is not biblical

• The parent pressure, social pressure, and cultural pressure that drive overspending

• Practical + spiritual tools to step out of the debt trap

• How to align your Christmas with Jesus instead of consumerism

This isn’t about guilt — it’s about freedom.
It’s about bringing your finances back under the peace of Christ, not the chaos of comparison.

• Praying for wisdom

• Resetting priorities to: people over presents

• Renewing your mind with Scripture, not sales ads

• Finding accountability

• Budgeting (yes, we say the B-word with love)

• Paying cash whenever possible

• Limiting social media to protect your peace

• Side gigs, decluttering, and planning ahead

• Saving now for next year

These aren’t rules — they’re lifelines.

• 1 Timothy 6:17 — “God richly provides everything for us to enjoy.”
  No competing. No overspending. No debt required.

Jesus came quietly, humbly, and simply — without receipts, ribbon, or credit limits.
His presence was the gift.
His life is the abundance.

A debt-free Christmas isn’t just possible — it’s worship.

Episode 3 — Joy That Isn’t Fake: Finding Real Happiness in a Heavy Season.
Bring your tissues, bring your coffee, bring your honest heart.

Email connect@differentpodcast.com — we pray over every request.
Love you guys. Let’s choose a simple, peaceful, debt-free Christmas together.