When do you start Christmas shopping?

My wife and I start Christmas shopping right after the new year. There are a lot of clearence items and such. But we shop all year and search for good deals so right after the new year when we are out shopping if we something that is good priced we get it and give them out as birthday gifts or christmas presents

I've tried several times to do my Christmas shopping early, but I never have patiency enough to keep gifts as a secret for a long time. So I gave up on it and now I start it somewhere in early November. As for a good bargains - November and December are the perfect time. Pretty crowded there in a stores though. Also I don't mind to look for presents on the Internet - Sears catalog for example.

I start right after christmas...and shop all year. I have to soon go into my closet and dig them out to see what I ahve already bought. I save tons of money that way. And give great gifts.

I'm starting my Chirstmas shopping this weekend. I live in a town about two hours away from the really good shopping so some friends and I have planned a Christmas shopping weekend. I don't really know what I'm getting people yet, but I guess I'll have time to think during the drive.

I'm a year-round shopper too although this year I'm way behind just because I'm so broke. Also, I can do some shopping early but as the kids get older it becomes harder to buy them things too early. I pick up small stuff for them that I know they'll like but I don't do their main shopping until closer to the holidays. For other family members I do buy things when I see something they will like that is on sale. I have several Veggie Tales movies for my nephew that I got for free when a new store gave away coupons for $10 off any purchase. My niece will be getting some fun things from the super sale last June at the Disney store. I also pick up extra items that we donate to an adopt-a-family christmas program. I just put them all in a box and sort them out in late October to see what else I might need to get.

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It seems to me that Christmas gets more "commercial" every year with kids being targeted with tv adverts etc for months before it. I think this raises their expectations and puts a lot of financisl pressure on families.

We try to buy a couple things every payday starting in july, then we are prepared and when crunch time comes we are not going broke, I also buy online early to avoid postal delays, today I bought dog toys from buy.com and a bunch of books from a-1 books through mypowermall (in my profile) The key I think is to have the bulk of it done before thanksgiving and grab up all the after xmas sales in January, plus I buy all winter items in the summer and summer items in the winter.

well, for starters i really love buying stuff, not only for myself actually, the thing is i think i got have a tendency of buying cristmas goodies all through out the year. Call me out of my mind but it's true, i don't actually buy stuff weekly, but as i go for a stroll at the mall then i'd see some good stuff that's perfect to give at christmas day then i'd be spending money for it. So when Christmas is already up i don't have to go cramming about to buy stuff. I am kind of an early bird.

Startng of December I Start Shopping