Glasgow mum says her Christmas will be 'next to nothing' as prices soar

A Glasgow mum has revealed she fears her festive celebrations will be 'next to nothing' this year as the cost of living crisis takes its toll.

"Christmas is going to be a real struggle this year. I'm already finding it hard to pay my bills, so this year it's difficult to get my wee one stuff, I'm going to have to get a couple of things and make do with it. Sign up to Glasgow Live's newsletter Get all the latest Glasgow news and headlines sent straight to your inbox twice a day by signing up to our free newsletter.The morning newsletter arrives every day before 9am and the evening newsletter, manually curated by the team, is sent between 4pm and 5pm, giving you a round up of the most important stories we've covered that day.

"It will be one outfit for him and two wee toys out of Home Bargains this year. It makes feel really horrible, it isn't nice at all." "I don't care about us not eating as long as the wee one is eating. People then ask 'what happens if you become severely ill and he ends up without a mum?' Realistically that's life right now and that's just the way it is."The mum-of-one said: "They've given us vouchers and support when we've needed it. We've a family support worker round the house to help us out.

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