Every year I set myself a challenge to try and do most of my Christmas shopping as locally as possible. It can be time consuming and a fair bit harder than running around a shopping centre for a few hours, but it’s far far more rewarding. In this article I give you heaps of tips on how to save money, time and stress and still support local and small businesses through the silly season - for gifts, food, wine and more.

If like me you are searching for ways to help save our local small businesses, I have some ideas and I would love to hear yours. We have a real opportunity right now to make a difference to the lives and livelihoods of our community’s greatest assets.