Ice Skating
Fill up a paddling pool with water. Leave to freeze overnight. Tie some knives to your shoes. Tadaa! Instant ice-rink.
Saving: £10’s worth of bruises and disappointment.
German Market
Invite some international students round for an evening of wine and cheese. Once they’re in your house force them to serve the wine and cheese to the general public.
Profit: £7 per head.
Mulled Wine
Buy some antifreeze and strepsils. Boil in the microwave. Charge £5 a glass. The punters’ll be too tinselled to notice.
Bonus profit: any vomit can be collected and resold as eggnog.
Carol Singing
Sing like no one’s listening. Or like you have Down’s.
Profit: £18.67. But the feeling you get from defrauding the elderly by impersonating the mentally ill will last forever.