For many, the holidays this year means having to make do with less
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Many families across the country expect the holidays to be more costly this year, leaving them with less of what the season is all about: family and food.
"My god, is it different this year!" Steve Posey, said this week while looking into the dairy case at Aldi supermarket in Medford, Mass. "With inflation and the cost of eggs and cheese and all that stuff, it's so ridiculous."
He and his wife, India, came to the store to shop, but not for themselves. They recently picked up a second job with Instacart, to help cover their rising costs.
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Despite Posey's job as a case manager at a veterans' organization, and his wife's job in child care, they still can't make ends meet.
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