I tend to wait until the end of September/October to start my Christmas shopping and do it over the course of a few weeks. I'm not far sighted enough to do it a year in advance, the idea feels so overwhelming to me! When do you do your holiday shopping?
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I wait until November usually and then do most of it within a few weeks. I inevitably scramble for last min stocking stuffers in the days leading up to Christmas, but I don't see myself being better about that in the future.
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Sort of both. I shop clearances and great sales year round and buy items that I could give to multiple people (i.e., nice kitchen items I could give to my mom, MIL or aunt - same with jewelry deals, etc.)
I wait and shop for LO closer to Christmas since her likes/loves can change so much over the course of a year.
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All at once. It's easy when I know what to get.
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All at once, usually around October/November. I just had 15 packages arrive yesterday. And I'll probably get another 15 today, haha.
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Between black Friday and around December 15th I would say. I'm the worst and every year I say I should shop early and I don't.
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Slowly during the year.
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I usually wait but don't wait until the very last minute. I bought a couple things early for my son, my favorite person to shop for. We're going to end up giving him a couple for his birthday next week so I'm glad I had them early.
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Between Thanksgiving and Christmas, usually two weekends. I can stick to a budget better that way, because it is focused.
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All at once and I'm a little stressed out! Buying everything online is easy, but then I have to keep track of it all to make sure I actually get everything! And then if I order different sizes, I'll have to return. And I'm trying to price match🙃
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I start in October thinking this will be the year I'm done early. Without fail I'm always buying the last things right before Christmas.
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October-Thanksgiving. Then I generally shop for stocking stuff the last couple weeks.
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I usually start in October but bought some things too early this year because I didn't have the discipline to wait until Christmas and gave it to LO ahead of time. So next year I will start Black Friday.
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@Mrs. Sunshine: This year I got stuff as I saw it and stored it all in my son's closet. I looked the other day and he has 12 (!) unwrapped toys in there! I'll choose 3 or so for Christmas. He just turned one and doesn't have a clue
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I usually do most of my shopping from around Thanksgiving to the middle of December. I do most of it online so it isn't very stressful, but it would be nice to be done a little earlier.
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I usually start around now, Thanksgiving/Black Friday. It's just way too early to get gifts otherwise, IMO!
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I usually shop from November - Christmas. It's too difficult to spread it across the year with changing wants and preferences. I'm learning that I should just wait until December because my sister decided to throw a curve ball at me last week. She wants us to only buy a single gift for nieces and nephews to limit the amount of presents. Yeah... I just bought a bunch of stuff for her daughters, and I returned as much as I could.
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