Christmas Has Arrived. What???

of course they do and we do someshopping now but mostt hings ya want arent out yet or I havent found any like personal presents

I have a real problem with Christmas shopping. I have no credit card so to get anything much I need to find a place that does layaway. Last year we did one at K-mart. We asked ahead of time if one payment per month would be okay and was assured that it would be. We were asked to call in at the two week mark to let them know we were still interested and that we would be in the beginning of the next month to pay it off. All went well until we went in to get our items off layaway. We were told that the big boss had made them put things back out on the floor that hadn't been payed on at the two week mark. So the day after we called our things were put back out. We were so mad! We did get our items but only after waiting for them to get an okay and go get the items off the floor, etc. It was such a fiasco that we vowed never to go to K-mart again. Now Walmart has a layaway but if we have to do it the same way and they may not let us do it. So.....??!!

It seems like the stores put out the Christmas stuff earlier and earlier every year. It used to be that you wouldn't really see it until Thanksgiving but they blew that tradition years ago. Now it's by mid October and even earlier than that sometimes. I think some stores just want to get the jump on everyone else and get their stuff on the shelves first. It doesn't really bother me though. I just shake my head and laugh. I'm just not ready for the holidays that early, no matter what marketing tricks they try.

I have noticed that also. Each year the stores start Christmas earlier and earlier. I had bought one gift and that was because I had seen something that my niece wanted (a Hello Kitty Purse). On Tuesday I will set up a budget and discuss things with my husband to see how much we can spend. I am always careful when it comes to budgeting and most of the time I am under budget.

I feel it is never too early to start your Christmas shopping. In fact, I have my shopping completely done before Christmas on Halloween. I do it a bit each time and eventually everything gets done. There are going to be a lot of times where people tend to get a little too nuts during that time of the year for my liking for me to want to be out and about shopping. Granted, I do a fair bit of it over the Internet these days, but still old habits tend to die hard. I think I picked that up from my mother, getting shopping done way early. So yeah, it might seem insane to have Christmas things out this early, but they are tapping into a demographic of people who don't want to deal with the insanity during the season and want to get things done. To me, that is actually a brilliant business move. It does in fact show a great deal of foresight when they are going to do such a thing. I do in fact salute them for doing such a thing so early in the year.

Honestly, I don't do Christmas shopping. I can't afford it. For the close family members, I give cash so that they can get what they'd love to have. It's the get-together party that we prepare for. More importantly, we bear in mind that Christmas is actually the birthday of Jesus and He is the main celebrant for the occasion. So, it's "happy birthday, Jesus." Have a joyous and peaceful Christmas, my friend.

WE filipinos start feelign the Christmas as early as July but as the "ber" month enter definitely you can see houses with Christmas decorations already a lot also of us as early as now make some christmas shopping list or literally do shopping for the christmas gifts We filipinos also has the longest christmas ever celebrated coz we definitely end our Christmas right after the celebration of Senior Sto. Niño fiest

The shops over here (Netherlands) already have their Christmas stuff too, next too the Halloween and St. Nicolaas (Dec 5th) stuff. A bit weird and very early if you ask me. Especially because Dec. 5th is our biggest celebration day with presents. No Christmas shopping for me. i have enough to decorate my house (don't like that) and also won't be there. I spend the end of the year and start of 2012 in Africa.

oh, it is so nice to think of the Christmas day which is on the go. To be honest, I am a Chinese, and I have lots of interesting holidays and festivals in my own countries. However, I also prefer enjoying the western holidays because both of them can make me happy and live a wonderful life. And for purchasing for the Christmas day, actually, I have not thought about it yet. Nevertheless, I would do the job two weeks before the holiday.

I'm so excited! I'm one of those people who by year round, but this major shopping will stop next week! I can wait, I love shopping for other people. And then it'll be time to get together and spend time with my family. I can't wait!