So glad I never have to worry about this holiday...

I am so excited, I found a cute little gift for my oldest nephew. What a crazy place to find a gift - at the grocery store! They have a little toy/gift section.

Ha! Ya' never know where you might find a christmas gift. Kroger's always has the coolest glassware sets at christmas time with a fun motif on them. I've bought them a couple times as gifts. I'm almost done shopping and I haven't even left the house....hehehe. I do too much impulse spending when I do!

I was so excited when I found it. He is in his teen years now, so I have to be careful not to get anything for him thats gonna offend. He'll like these games, though.

Gift cards this year for my family

my hall closet is full of christmas gifts. i dont have any children but love spoiling my neice and nephew.

i love Christmas shopping, i will pick up a gift here and there if i see anything throughout the year, but i really like to wait for black friday to buy gifts!!! yeah, it always makes me giggle, a bunch of us outside freezing at 3 am... but i find it fun and funny....

I am finally finished. I have been done for about a week now..oh my life is so much easier when I don't have to worry about Christmas gifts anymore. ITS GOING TO BE A GOOD CHRISTMAS AROUND HERE :-)

I got all my ornaments from Oriental Trader today and they are so cute! Good quality and they will be perfect for all those small gifts needed at school etc.

I'm trying to be ALL done and wrapped way before christmas so we can actually enjoy the season without worrying about shopping.

Since I'm still poor from college debt, I'm getting people original art and music.

I started in October

Last Xmas i started August and found that i just kept buying and when it was time to wrap, i forgot who the present was for This year...well i bought my first today.

I started way back in February when the shops up here was getting rid of last years stuff to get ready for the 09 summer season.
I think I have maybe one other gift to get and then I like to have a few small ones on hand since there is always someone I somehow manage to forget.

I agree with others starting early and getting done early. I started this habit as the kids were growing up since it seemed that I ran myself ragged in December.

I even have all my Christmas cards ready to send out... Alot of the gifts are boxed and labeled. I think I am on top of the game this year.

Well, that's a great gift...I have collected the works of young artists for 35 years...(I have great appreciation for art but the talent of a fourth grade finger painter)...the people on your list are blessed, indeed.

I start shopping the day after Thanksgiving...and look for unique gifts for special friends and family.
And, I donate as I have done for years to the Heifer International Foundation, buying goats and cows and laying hens for people all over the world. See www.heifer.org

I don't celebrate any holidays, or even my own birthday. Makes life so much easier...

A lot of you are on top of your Christmas game already!!!

I love hearing your stories.

Yes, it sounds easier but it would be too lonely a situation for me. Whatever works for you, of course.....but I need those traditions. It makes me sad to think you don't celebrate your birthday.

im aready done this way i cant forget to do it last year forgot to buy for some one

Christmas shopping terrifies me every year. I've NEVER successfully thought of and found gifts for everyone.
Wrenches my gut every year.

Toys R Us is having some big sales this weekend. Friday night til midnight and starting again at the crack of dawn on Saturday.