Christmas is 69 days away and there are 10 Fridays left. So my question for today is are you done with your Christmas shopping yet? Have you started? When do you typically start shopping? (Or creating for those of you who make your own gifts)
Ever bought gifts ahead of time and then lost them? Or if you are an early shopper, do you have a dedicated place to store your gifts?
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My answers: No, I’m not done. Ha! I have started a tiny bit. It varies when I start shopping. I think shopping early is a lot easier with younger children than young adults. (And a bit more fun, kind of miss the toy aisles over here)
What I do varies yearly but I did like the year I bought roughly 2 gifts each month for my boys. I was in the habit of shopping on Christmas Eve for a long time. And actually enjoy it but have started trying to be done earlier now.
One year, I did indeed lose a gift finding it well after Christmas. It wasn’t anything big just one of those, I thought I bought that kind of things. After that, I started storing presents I bought early in specific places.
(And to end with a funny note: When I went to google how many days until Christmas, my happy fingers hit search before I was finished typing and chickens typically hatch in 20-21 days if you need that knowledge for any reason.)
Back in the day when we were struggling more on a military income I began shopping in January at the after Christmas sales – like you said especially for things when the kids were younger. It evidently became habit because I still do it, just for anyone now that I think would like a particular item. With no kids at home I no longer have to hide it as well (just hubby’s stuff) and I do have a specific place so I don’t “lose” anything.
My habit of shopping on Christmas Eve started when I was in my 20’s and the company always gave us a Christmas bonus around that time. Sometimes, I think even on Christmas Eve, wow can’t imagine working on a Christmas Eve now. Thanks for playing along. (By the way, I was trying to think of new topics for your Blogmas but you have such great ones already…)
When I was in college I worked for JC Penneys and always had to work Christmas Eve also, but I was a broke college student so I don’t think that counts 😀 Thanks for helping me think of BLOGMAS topics