For your Christmas Eve reading pleasure, I thought I’d pull together some interesting pairs of articles on various financial topics…

For starters, Flexo warns us use up our Flexible Spending Accounts before the end of the year and Jim gives us a list of ways to do so.

NCN wants people to quit trying to get him to apply for a credit card, but MBH doesn’t think they’re all that bad.

JLP lists 12 ways to raise financially savvy kids, and Flexo talks about teaching kids practical money lessons.

Finally, SVB talked about handling a heavy debt load, and Tricia profiled a man who faked death for three years in an attempt to dodge his creditors.

That’s it. Merry Christmas!