Festive Finance Buff Pillows

"You can't be serious about all these travel expenses in December!"

"I'm the ghost of christmas past due."

'I'd like a solid retirement portfolio.'

The day the stock market went UP.

'The good news is I had a very good year.'

Tree in Dollar Shape.

'Ho,ho,ho, but can you be more specific?'

"I know it's not an ideal situation, Samantha, but how else are we going to afford a 160 gigabyte laptop, a top of the range mobile and a Playstation 3 for the kids presents?"

Standard & Poor

"You really clean up on these mileage deductions, don't you."

Help! Have to pay back a big world bank loan.

"Just as I feared. Tariffs."

'Twenty percent bluechips, ten percent small-caps, five percent currency hedges and the remainder in cash. Get that list to Santa right away.'

Dollar Sign Christmas Tree.

'Since you only work one night a year, it will take centuries to build up your retirement account.'

Tunnel of Accountants: "You've been selected for a random audit."

'Listen, Santa. Either you repay what you owe, or we reposses Rudolph!'

'Till debt do us part...'

Advent Calender.

'our chances seemed pretty good until you lighted that 20.'

'I've heard of cooking the books... but how did you rotisserie them and why?'

'My Dad won't let me tell what I did on my summer vacation...he doesn't want anyone to know where he set up his offshore bank accounts.'

"Santa, snow is falling." "Sell snow!"

'I'm beginning to see some change in you.'

Santa using the stock exchange to keep track of stocks and bonds being good or bad as well as going up or down

There IS a Santa Claus.

We cater to the small investor.

"Santa's trying to corner the futures market for coal in anticipation of his visit to Washington."

'We had a white Christmas but we'll be in the red until April.'

Today's Banking Industry: "We're too big to regulate!"

'After reaching new heights, the stock market closed early due to an oubreak of acrophobia.'

"Twenty percent bluechips, ten percent small-caps, five percent currency hedges and the remainder in cash. Get that list to Santa right away."

'Stocks tumbled on the news Santa's credit rating was downgraded.'

"Time for thaw awkward father son talk. You know, the one about fluctuating interest rates and instability in the markets."

'You overpaid, but it's not enough to cover the 'Overpayment Surcharge Tax'.'