Your credit score probably isn’t at the top of your list of things to worry about during the hustle and bustle of the holiday season. After all, you have Christmas gifts to buy, parties to plan, greeting cards to send and maybe even holiday vacations to finance.
But there are many ways you can hurt your credit score during the frenzy of the holidays, said Sandra Bernardo, consumer education manager for Experian. And the negative effects can last well into the new year. A low credit score can make it difficult to get credit going forward, or force you to pay higher interest rates on lines of credit.
