Have you started Christmas shopping yet?

[citizen]

October is almost over and a friend was shocked the other day when I pointed out that Christmas is only about 10 weeks away.

I have some of my gifts purchased. But I like to hit the great sales on Cyber Monday. I always get good deals!

Do you wait to the last minute, or do you plan ahead?

[TerryMB]

I start looking around now but I'll decide closer to Thanksgiving if I'll be shopping on Black Friday. When I do I usually end up finding better things later in December and have extra gifts so this year I might just do it all in December.

[Silva]

My husband and I don't really need anything enough to justify people spending their hard earned cash on us so we agreed with our family not to exchange presents. We buy a little something for children under the age of sixteen, that's all.

[Val-the-nomad]

I've pretty much given up on Christmas gift giving. When I first moved to Asia I spent ages finding unusual things to send home, and I was happy to pay a fortune for postage to do it. Eleven years later there really isn't anything left to give people, and the cost of sending parcels is crazy.

[Perfect7]

No, we haven't started yet. We have birthdays in September, October, and November, so I usually don't do a lot of Christmas shopping until after that November birthday (which is near Thanksgiving).

[Destiny Fields]

I try to start around October, but as I get older, I realize that it would be easier if I did it all year around like some people. I have purchased a couple gifts, but continue until almost Christmas. It takes alot of stress off by doing a little at a time and not having so much to do when it gets closer to Christmas.