Have you started your Christmas shopping yet?
By maezee
@maezee (41997)
United States
November 8, 2017 5:45pm CST
Is it too early to discuss such matters? For thise who celebrate, have you started your Christmas shopping as of yet? When do you normally start it?
I am happy to say I just received a few items in the mail I ordered from Amazon as gifts. Granted its a very small start - socks and coffee for my aunt, the first two seasons of Ash vs Evil Dead for my dad (who loves Evil dead, ha). I was lucky to have had a few Amazon gift cards on hand to pay for these with. I hope to get all of it knocked out by the beginning of December. If all goes as planned.
My family is pretty easy to shop for, inexpensive and not entitled or demanding. They give me lists with very practical items - socks, sheets, candles, body wash sets. I never end up spending all that much.
How many people do you shop for? Have you started?
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17 responses
@thislittlepennyearns (58140)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
8 Nov 17
This year I will go a little more crazy with the shopping than usually would because we didn't get to have much of a Christmas last year.
I'll order stuff tonight and hopefully be done by mid December. Thanks
@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
9 Nov 17
I have 10 people to shop for, not to bad. I have started but for some reason I can't get motivated this year, by this time I am usually done and I have only just started.
@Montecristodog (787)
• United States
9 Nov 17
No, I have not. I am waiting for Black Friday at Amazon. A tip to US residents. Go to Amazon mturk and register. They have survey and work projects that will add up dollar value for you to get a discount at Amazon. I have used it for years and it puts some money in my pocket.
@Theresaaiza (10487)
• Australia
9 Nov 17
I would really just like to buy Lottery scratch cards for everyone. The family house is just full of unnecessary stuff, unused gifts, forgotten appliances. Plus I think my mom-in-law, after discovering about this thrift shop downtown (my fault, cause I showed her where I buy my clothes and all other second hand stuff), now has developed some kind of uncontrolled hoarding tendencies 
. So to not add to the mound of junk, I feel better off sticking to the scratch cards.
. So to not add to the mound of junk, I feel better off sticking to the scratch cards.
@JudyEv (325818)
• Rockingham, Australia
9 Nov 17
We have very few to shop for nowadays so Christmas isn't very stressful.
@Courtlynn (66921)
• United States
9 Nov 17
We shop for.. many.. whoevers in our lives at that point. This year.. about 25 or so people. But more are kids than adults.
@DesirousDreamer (34783)
• Peoria, Arizona
9 Nov 17
I have not, my mom asked me to make her a few things, so I will do that for her so that is easy. I have no clue what to do for my grandma. That is really all who I do gifts for because I don't talk to anyone else haha
@daphers1981 (131)
• Canada
9 Nov 17
I have not started yet. I wish I had. I am ok with shopping early, just not with decorations and music early... that should come after the first week in Dec. lol
@sallypup (57904)
• Centralia, Washington
9 Nov 17
I'm not shopping for Christmas much this year. I have begun Christmas though, in my way. I mail out a Christmas short story each year. I am asking folks who wants the story already. I also just ordered a Santa paper for the story's front cover. And today I wrote another short Christmas story. So I'm not buying the traditional sense but am working in the spirit.
@kobesbuddy (74592)
• East Tawas, Michigan
8 Nov 17
I usually start the first week of December. We don't spend very much, just a small gift for about 10 people.
