Debt solutions expert warns shoppers not to go into debt this holiday season

Copy and paste this HTML code into your webpage to embed.</p> </div> </div></div> <p class="meta-info"> <a href="https://ntv.ca/category/business/" rel="category tag">Business</a>, <a href="https://ntv.ca/category/news/" rel="category tag">News</a> <a href="https://ntv.ca/2025/12/" rel="bookmark"><br /> <time datetime="2025-12-21"><br /> December 21st, 2025 </time><br /> </a><br />  </p> <p>With only a few days left to shop, many people are racing to check off those gift lists. But as NTV’s Beth Penney tells us, one debt solution expert is reminding residents not to go in the red this holiday season. </p> </p></div> <p> </div> <p><a href="https://ntv.ca/news/debt-solutions-expert-warns-shoppers-not-to-go-into-debt-this-holiday-season/">Read the original article here</a></p> </div><div class="post-meta wf-mobile-collapsed"><div class="entry-meta"><span class="category-link">Category: <a href="https://insolvencyguardian.com.au/blog-view/category/debt-help/" >Debt Help</a></span><a class="author vcard" href="https://insolvencyguardian.com.au/blog-view/author/jarrod-sierocki/" title="View all posts by Editor" rel="author">By <span class="fn">Editor</span></a><a href="https://insolvencyguardian.com.au/blog-view/2025/12/22/" title="9:00 am" class="data-link" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date updated" datetime="2025-12-22T09:00:00+10:00">December 22, 2025</time></a></div></div><nav class="navigation post-navigation" role="navigation"><h2 class="screen-reader-text">Post navigation</h2><div class="nav-links"><a class="nav-previous" href="https://insolvencyguardian.com.au/blog-view/national-transport-business-enters-voluntary-administration-2/" rel="prev"><i class="icomoon-the7-font-the7-arrow-29-3" aria-hidden="true"></i><span class="meta-nav" aria-hidden="true">Previous</span><span class="screen-reader-text">Previous post:</span><span class="post-title h4-size">National transport business enters voluntary administration</span></a><a class="nav-next" href="https://insolvencyguardian.com.au/blog-view/huge-tv-sports-network-faces-chapter-11-bankruptcy-liquidation-thestreet-com/" rel="next"><i class="icomoon-the7-font-the7-arrow-29-2" aria-hidden="true"></i><span class="meta-nav" aria-hidden="true">Next</span><span class="screen-reader-text">Next post:</span><span class="post-title h4-size">Huge TV sports network faces Chapter 11 bankruptcy, liquidation – thestreet.com</span></a></div></nav><div class="single-related-posts"><h3>Related Posts</h3><section class="items-grid"><div class=" related-item"><article class="post-format-standard"><div class="mini-post-img"><a class="alignleft post-rollover no-avatar" href="https://insolvencyguardian.com.au/blog-view/michigan-house-republicans-post-2/" style="width:110px; 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