Kickstart your savings plan for Christmas 2025 with this ‘genius’ hack that will net you £166 by the time next Christmas rolls around – and all you need is a Smarties tube
We’ve only just said goodbye to Christmas, but this hack could help you start saving money for the next one.
We all feel the pinch after Christmas. After spending money on presents, food, and potentially even travel to see family members you don’t usually get to visit, our wallets can start to feel particularly empty at this time of year. That’s why it’s never too early to start thinking about setting aside some cash to help you with next Christmas so that when the holiday season rolls around, you won’t feel the monetary blow quite as much.
There are multiple ways you can set money aside for Christmas 2025, including setting up a savings account to add to each month or setting aside physical cash in a piggy bank. But one person has come up with a particularly fun method that could help you save up to £166 – which will be a welcome addition to your pocket come next December.
Posting on the Extreme Couponing and Bargains UK group, a woman showed off one of the large Smarties tubes that are popular around Christmas and revealed the diameter of the tube perfectly fits a £2 coin. One tube fits a total of 83 coins inside, meaning that if you put all your £2 coins in the tube throughout the year, you’ll have £166 once it’s full – hopefully in time for next Christmas.
Alongside two pictures of the tube in action, she wrote: “You may all know about this, but I thought I’d share after I saw the envelope trick. If you have any of these tubes at home, basically you can just save £2 coins in them over the year and when it’s full you’ll have £166 towards Christmas.”
The Smarties hack was also shared on TikTok, where commenters were keen to try the idea – especially if it meant munching on the chocolates inside the tube first. One person said: “So we need to spend our money on Smarties first? Sounds like a plan to me.”
While another added: “That’s a good idea.” The woman’s helpful post comes as she was inspired to share it after seeing the popular “envelope challenge”, which has been helping some people save up to £5,000 a year.
The challenge requires people to buy 100 envelopes and number them from 1 to 100, before shuffling them up so the numbers aren’t in order. Then, you simply pick out two envelopes at random each week, and put the amount listed on the front into the envelope and seal it away until the end of the year.
After the hack was shared on TikTok, many people loved the idea – but others pointed out it wouldn’t always be possible for some people, especially if you pick out two large numbers in one week.
Someone said: “£5,000 a year means you’re saving £400 per month. Not many people can do that. This ‘trick’ is only for people who can afford that.”
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