4 months to go and it will be Christmas

HOLY CRAP! Way to remind me how close Christmas is. Actually...I can't believe it. It always sneaks up on us after Christmas. Well this year I started early. I actually have one person completely bought for. I've never done that by now, before. I will finish my shopping up until mid December and then wrap all of the gifts to go under the tree. I LOVE Christmas shopping. Shopping for others is my fav:-)

I already brought my first gift for my granddaughter. What I do is buy and put everything in the closet. Then about a week from Christmas I start to wrap. This Christmas I won't be buying much only for my Granddaughter due to not having a job.
Unless something magical happens and I win alot of money some how.

Well i think I'm actually kinda done with my parents and i have got that out of the way and now onto my friends and other relatives i have that are under 18. If i don't start early i will never get done because my family sells Christmas trees for almost a month and during that month is when usually everyone goes out shopping but not us we have to do it now and get it done before then. At least i don't have to stand in long lines and worry about the traffic and finding a spot to park at the mall and other stores. If i shop now i feel comfortable that i am getting it all done. I just keep the gifts in my closet or under my bed and no one ever sees them so I'm good to go.

i never get it all at once,and i always leave the wrapping till a few days before christmas

Assuming that I would be totally broke from paying all my tuition fees, I would probably write cards to all my friends and family from the package of cards I bought last year at the After Christmas sale. There's probably a few special presents like for my mother and best friend that I would buy and wrap but I wouldn't be shopping until November. Happy mylotting

Everyone always thinks I am crazy, but I start my Christmas shopping in the summer and I try to be close to done by Halloween. I find that by spreading it out, I can budget it a little better. Often, I know exactly what I want to get for someone, so if I can find those things on sale or use a coupon, I do. The other stuff, I wait to purchase until the holiday sales begin. Wrapping I do a few weeks before because otherwise I would forget what I bought!

I buy my gifts as soon as I possibly can and then I make sure to wrap them up as soon as I can. I try to wrap them up whenever I won't be bothered especially if the gifts are for someone that I live with or what not. I try to wrap them as soon as I get them because that means it saves me the stress of having to wrap them on Christmas eve when I'd rather be doing other things like relaxing or enjoying the magic of the holiday.

Time flys by dosnt it and soon it will be christmas before we know it. I wont be thinking about my christmas shopping untill november or after thanksgiving. Which luckly I have amazon prime so I can buy all of my stuff online and the shipping will be free plus I can get 2 day shipping so I dont have to go shopping during christmas time this year.

I get a few gifts at a time and hide them until I get most of the shopping done and then I wrap them. I have a notebook with all the gifts written down and who they are for so I can make sure i have gotten everything. God bless you!

hi jugsjugs I cant get all that stuff at once, but I do that bit by bit.
I have worked on that Christmas list already so I know how many cards to write, gifts to buy and wrap and what has priority cause it has to be sent by mail.

But sadly the good ideas for Christmas gifts dont come easy here for most of the recipients and its hard work to find something really suitable.

I am still racking my brain now for good ideas. So far I have five or six gifts ordered and already gotten cause I ordered them online. I will start all that wrapping and writing in November I guess cause the Christmas Mail most of the time also is a nice update on what has been happening in the year coming to a close so fast now. And it makes sense to start these letters and finish them later on when Christmas is closer by cause who knows which important things will be happening in the weeks to come. I seal the mail shortly before it has to be sent so nothing goes missing.