A staggering amount of people are risking financial woes down the line by using buy now, pay later schemes to pay for Christmas this year as they make money worries a 2026 problem View 2 Images Millions of Brits are putting Christmas on credit (Image: Anadolu via Getty Images)

One in seven Brits has admitted they are putting Christmas on credit. ‌

Some 14% are turning to buy now, pay later schemes to help fund festivities this year, research found. ‌

A quarter of people quizzed confessed they will be using credit cards for their Crimbo splurges. ‌

And money Xmas hangovers are set to drag into next year with only 22% of shoppers expecting to have cleared their festive bills by the end of December.

Vix Leyton, consumer expert at banking app thinkmoney, which carried

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