Twelve Ways to Make Money to Pay Off Your Holiday Bills

Before you know it, the New Year will be here and the credit card bills for all those Christmas gifts will come rolling in. Here are twelve ways you can make some extra cash to pay off those debts.

1. Sell those items that you received as gifts that you don't really like or need or do not fit on www.Ebay.com.
2. Clear out those old toys that your kids will no longer play with since they have new toys by listing them on www.craigslist.org.
3. Sell clothes and toys your children have outgrown at a local consignment sale or to a children's consignment store such as Children's Orchard, Kid to Kid or Once Upon a Child. Find sales near you at www.kidsconsignmentsales.com.
4. Sell used books that you have lying around the house to the online book buyback site, www.BookJingle.com. They even pay for you to ship the books to them.
5. Volunteer for a clinical trial. Search for paid clinical trials near you at http://paidclinicaltrials.org/.
6. On that same note, volunteer for a research study at a local University and get reimbursed for your time and travel. Search www.google.com for "university research studies".
7. Sign up to be a mystery shopper at www.mysteryshops.com.
8. The US Census Bureau is now accepting applications in all areas for 2010 Census workers. http://2010.census.gov/2010censusjobs/
9. Sell your jewelry to www.cash4gold.com or Gold Buyers of America. Or you can host a gold party.
10. Upload great photos you have taken to www.shutterstock.com. You earn twenty-five cents every time your photo is downloaded. The website collects stock photographs and pays for every download.
11. Use your skills and talents to make items to sell on www.etsy.com. As long as it is handmade, you can sell it.
12. Get paid to participate in a focus group. Find a focus group near you at www.findfocusgroups.com.