When do you start Christmas shopping?

I've already started the process of shopping for Christmas gifts. I'm being really creative this year due to lack of money. The quality of the gifts will not decrease, I just will have less money to spend on them. I like to be able to thoughtfully consider what to buy. I don't want to just give someone whatever was left after the Thanksgiving sale.: )

I am like you, I start shopping around the end of summer, maybe September-ish... because I don't have a lot of money to drop after thanksgiving like a lot of people do, so I just do a little at a time... and then, hopefully it's all done by the beginning of december! Lol... Of course, if I still have money to spend, then i'm really never done. I like buying gifts for people, it's fun.:D Christmas is one of my favorite holidays for that reason, I like being able to spoil my fiance, and just do special things for people...

I usually save money for black friday the day after Thanksgiving but this year money is kind of tight so we are going to start Christmas shopping next pay check which will be in 2 weeks. We are going to get all the gift cards out of the way first since there isn't any saving on that. I want to get my oldest daughter the FP3 player and my youngest the amazing animals train and my husband a set of really nice knives since he loves to cook so much. Thats their big gifts of course I will get them all kind of other stuff.

Hi sweetgirl!
I usually start the day after Christmas!! Yes, I start that early. Being on a limited income, it makes spending/person a lot easier if I can spread it out throughout the year. The worst part about starting that early... I tend to Lose presents or forget who I purchased them for. LOL! If my children would stay out of the gift closet, I wouldn't have to hide them so well.

I try to have the shopping parts done by my birthday... Nov. 1. Then the real fun of wrapping starts. This also give me enough time to realize who still needs stuff and who is done.

I usually start in October hoping to spread the bills out over a three month period. However, someone on here mentioned a sale at Clare's a couple of weeks ago so I went and bought a few things for my girls' stockings.

At a family gathering this past weekend it was mentioned that we were going to go back to drawing names at Christmas so I guess I'm glad I haven't started shopping otherwise I may have bought something for someone I wouldn't have to buy for. It's been hard buying for my two sisters and 5 nieces and 3 nephews. Now add on some spouses and another generation of children. It's getting to be a bit much for me so I'll be happy if we do decide to draw names. But it can't hurt to start shopping for my husband and kids now.

I would say about November I know many shop early for bargains but i like the hustle and bustle of the holiday season Happy Holidays and i hope you buy and get a ton of presents Good Luck

every payday is Christmas shopping.

we plan on starting soon

With regards to Christmas shopping, I am like a student who crams for the exams! Obviously, I do last minute Christmas shopping. Most likely I would just give a little red envelope with money in it to children who I forgot or run out of ideas what present to give. Shame on me.

I usually wait till the last week or two when there are good sales. If I find something I know someone would really like I do buy it. I Love christmas shopping for my kids.