Thank God, since we're migrants, we don't have family here or close friends to give gifts to. We spend Christmas here at home, peacefully. This time of year is quiet for us, and until I pay off my credit card debt, I don't plan on buying anything "big" anymore.

In fact, yesterday I paid off another credit card debt, and I plan to let that one expire. Thank God I don't have to deal with a chatbot to cancel it.

Next month I'll finish paying off another card.

And that will only leave me with one more to completely escape this first cage.