https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 08 May 2026 21:18:35 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/christmas-shopping-1#post-1003546 Fri, 09 Aug 2013 09:59:34 +0000 pui 1003546@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I start in September. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/christmas-shopping-1#post-1003418 Fri, 09 Aug 2013 09:20:35 +0000 looch 1003418@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am vowing to change my behaviour this year, I will not be last minute shopping, largely because we will be out of town and I need to get stuff for our families in both locations!</p> <p>My son will be three and his birthday is the 16th of December, so I won't be going nuts.</p> <p>He will probably be getting a Jake and the Neverland Pirates play set of some sort and maybe a few accessories for his trains. I am in the process of updating his amazon wish list and deleting a bunch of stuff he's too old for now.</p> <p>For my nephew, he'll be about 9 months old, so I have NO IDEA but I want it to be something fun, not useful. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/christmas-shopping-1#post-364532 Sat, 27 Oct 2012 22:59:57 +0000 HLK208 364532@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I always do all my Christmas shopping 3 weeks before Christmas...I'm such a procrastinator! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/christmas-shopping-1#post-364419 Sat, 27 Oct 2012 21:07:24 +0000 chopsuey 364419@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I JUST FINISHED MY CHRISTMAS SHOPPING!<br /> Ha. I'm shipping stuff directly from store to family. So everyone should have their Christmas gifts before Nov 1. Woohoo.<br /> I'm sure they'll understand since baby is due 12/23! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/christmas-shopping-1#post-251141 Tue, 07 Aug 2012 16:23:35 +0000 sorrycharlie 251141@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>call me crazy, but I <b>love</b> the atmosphere of Christmas shopping! I've worked many years in various retail settings (American Eagle, Best Buy, Toys R Us..oh was that one fun!!) so it's kind of weird that I love it so much.</p> <p>am I the only one? LOL..I cannot wait to go Christmas shopping with DH and LO! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/christmas-shopping-1#post-251031 Tue, 07 Aug 2012 14:36:01 +0000 Mommy Finger 251031@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm due in November. I'm thinking there will be a lot of online shopping and gift cards in my Christmas future. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/christmas-shopping-1#post-250925 Tue, 07 Aug 2012 13:06:50 +0000 Bookish 250925@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Actually, this is a great reminder that I need to get going on my shopping! I like to have it all done by November at the latest :) My husband gets a bonus every late November and I'd like to use it on something for the house rather than Xmas presents. I better get on it!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/christmas-shopping-1#post-250919 Tue, 07 Aug 2012 13:01:08 +0000 chibee 250919@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow - this is impressive. No matter when I start, I am always still at the mall the day before Christmas, always. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/christmas-shopping-1#post-250568 Tue, 07 Aug 2012 09:25:49 +0000 chopsuey 250568@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I do my shopping online about a month before Christmas. Will probably do the same this year. Get cards and gifts sent and ordered during the first week of December. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/christmas-shopping-1#post-250556 Tue, 07 Aug 2012 09:16:50 +0000 ladyfingers 250556@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm always the one doing rush shipping one week before Christmas... lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/christmas-shopping-1#post-250501 Tue, 07 Aug 2012 08:37:19 +0000 mrsjyw 250501@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sometimes I try to be done by Thanksgiving, but sometimes I like to go through the early part of Dec. </p> <p>LO is due around Tgiving this year -- so either I need to start next month or we won't be doing too many gifts this year~ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/christmas-shopping-1#post-250494 Tue, 07 Aug 2012 08:33:25 +0000 LuLu Mom 250494@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Since I'm due in October we have started to plan on what we are getting people. Money will be tight with no maternity leave, so I have been picking things up here and there when I find them. Luckily our families are very understanding &amp; don't expect too much &amp; my siblings we only give gifts to the kids now not each other! That helps cut down a bunch! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/christmas-shopping-1#post-250479 Tue, 07 Aug 2012 08:18:26 +0000 hellobeeboston 250479@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>wow MayisMay - you are incredibly on top of it &amp; super impressive!</p> <p>i've actually been thinking about how Christmas will fall when our LO is around 2 months old and how he will be my excuse to fully slack on gifts this year, but that's no good! </p> <p>So I'll probably be doing a lot of online shopping! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/christmas-shopping-1#post-250426 Tue, 07 Aug 2012 07:25:27 +0000 sorrycharlie 250426@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I usually make a list and am done by the first week of December. I don't start earlier than November because I wait for sales &amp; to see what my family members are asking for :)</p> <p>DH &amp; I love to go out on black Friday together after the morning rush, and it'll be fun to include LO this year! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/christmas-shopping-1#post-250404 Tue, 07 Aug 2012 06:49:34 +0000 Smurfette 250404@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I haven't even started thinking about Christmas gifts. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/christmas-shopping-1#post-250400 Tue, 07 Aug 2012 06:35:12 +0000 T.H.O.U. 250400@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MaisyMay: Yes, its a similar thing. ours is called, " One Week Boutique" and its twice a year. They have a TON of stuff. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/christmas-shopping-1#post-250369 Tue, 07 Aug 2012 03:21:59 +0000 looch 250369@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I never start early. I am the person at the mall the day before Christmas. It never fails, no matter how organized I try to be. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/christmas-shopping-1#post-250345 Tue, 07 Aug 2012 01:30:09 +0000 mediagirl 250345@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have my eyes peeled for a good price on a portable hard drive for my husband. Our parents are getting photo gifts so, those will come in December. We probably won't buy much for our lo, she will only be 6mo on Christmas. She won't really get it so it's not worth buying her too much. I'll let my parents take care of that. :-) </p> <p>This year we will see my brother, sil and nephew at Christmas. We don't want to spend a lot this year so I'm not sure what to get them, if anything. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/christmas-shopping-1#post-250325 Mon, 06 Aug 2012 23:21:14 +0000 MaisyMay 250325@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrsmenow: The plan right now is for me to be induced around the 15th or so, so this way we know that barring something massive, we'll be home for Christmas. I just want to make sure that everything is done well before December. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/christmas-shopping-1#post-250313 Mon, 06 Aug 2012 22:31:28 +0000 mrsmenow 250313@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am due Christmas Eve and with two DDs already, my planning has just started. We have an on-going list of things that have come up that they would like. I am also making a list of different meals to have made and fozen, including our traditional Christms breakfast (quiche, cinnamon rolls, sausage) so that can be ready to go.</p> <p>I am really hoping to have everything done around Thanksgiving and then cross fingers that baby comes a couple days early so we will be home. We have decided as long as baby and I are doing well, we will leave the hospital early if we need to so we can be home for Cristmas. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/christmas-shopping-1#post-250290 Mon, 06 Aug 2012 21:31:42 +0000 immabeetoo 250290@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep similar to @mamamoose I am due 11/23 .. so my goal is to be done by the beginning of September. I already have a bunch of things wrapped &amp; transported to my parents (we live 8 hours away) from 4th of July, and am just working down my list. A lot of my gifts are handmade, so I especially wanted to get those done... mostly so I could get to making stuff for our own baby!</p> <p>Before it was always my goal to have everything wrapped &amp; done by Thanksgiving. With that being said, I "shop" or make year round - if I find something in December that I love for someone but am already done with them for that year, I'll save it for next year in my Christmas tote! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/christmas-shopping-1#post-250283 Mon, 06 Aug 2012 21:12:24 +0000 MaisyMay 250283@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Thehistoryofus: are you talking about the Just Between Us sales? I went to one on Friday and am hooked! We have 4 of them within a reasonable distance of us, and are planning on going to at least 1 more. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/christmas-shopping-1#post-250274 Mon, 06 Aug 2012 21:01:30 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 250274@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I usually start in November. I have a hard time thinking about Christmas before my birthday. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/christmas-shopping-1#post-250236 Mon, 06 Aug 2012 20:41:16 +0000 MaisyMay 250236@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@regberadaisy: We're fortunate that for us, birthdays are pretty spread out! Our anniversary is going to be a few days after we bring LO home, and a few days later will be Christmas, so we just want to be as prepared as possible! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/christmas-shopping-1#post-250234 Mon, 06 Aug 2012 20:40:58 +0000 T.H.O.U. 250234@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>There is a big consignment sale in October so I will probably buy a few things then. Its hard to shop too early because LO is changing SO fast. So what I think she would like for Christmas in october may actually not be practical by end of December. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/christmas-shopping-1#post-250231 Mon, 06 Aug 2012 20:40:25 +0000 MaisyMay 250231@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaMoose: That's where we're coming from! Except for 2 presents that will need a picture of LO after she's born, we want everything to be done! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/christmas-shopping-1#post-250212 Mon, 06 Aug 2012 20:32:07 +0000 regberadaisy 250212@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Omg you cray cray!<br /> We have Soooo many birthdays right before Christmas it's hard to do Christmas shopping early. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/christmas-shopping-1#post-250209 Mon, 06 Aug 2012 20:30:01 +0000 MamaMoose 250209@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I usually pick up a few things here an there throughout the year. But this year we will be getting serious soon. Our baby is due on Nov 25th and I want to be totally done before the baby comes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/christmas-shopping-1#post-250199 Mon, 06 Aug 2012 20:23:26 +0000 MaisyMay 250199@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Since LO is due around Christmas, we've already gotten about 1/2 of our shopping done. For the gifts we haven't already purchased, we at least know what we are planning on getting.</p> <p>What's the earliest you've started your holiday shopping? </p>