Papa Jamie Spears is taking special care to ensure that his little cash cow daughter, pop star Britney Spears, doesn’t fork over any of her hard-earned cash without securing his approval first.

And that’s precisely why Brit won’t be sending out any high-quality, glossy Christmas cards this holiday season.

We hear Jamie, who has indefinitely been placed as conservator over all of the 26-year-old’s affairs, recently pulled the plug on an elaborate photoshoot Britney had planned for this year’s family Christmas card after discovering the pictures came with a $20,000 pricetag.

“She wanted to rent real reindeer and even buy fake snow,” a Spears snitch spills in this week’s edition of Star Magazine. But when Jamie, who as her conservator has control of her finances, heard the bill would be $20,000, he hit the roof. “He asked why she couldn’t just put the kids in Christmas sweaters and use her digital camera.”