Advent Calendar - Dec 19th

December 19 – Christmas Shopping
How did your family handle Christmas Shopping? Did anyone finish early or did anyone start on Christmas Eve?


My parents did the Christmas shopping, mostly my mother.   I don't know for certain, but I think she did the bulk of it between Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve.  When I started doing some of my own shopping, I also did it in that time frame.  This year I'm late, I've just started.  There have been a couple of years when the last things bought or made were done at the last minute, but usually it's done a few days before Christmas.



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Advent Calendar - December 19 - Christmas Shopping

Christmas Shopping

How did your family handle Christmas Shopping? Did anyone finish early or did anyone start on Christmas Eve?

When I was a kid, my parents did their Christmas shopping fairly early - no last minute rush, or only one or two items left for late.  In fact, the early shopping was a problem more than once, as we kids either peeked, or inadvertently discovered a hiding place.  

These days, my wife does more of the shopping, and it can start as early as September, and can go as late as Dec. 24th.  Any shopping I do is concentrated at online sources.  And as my kids follow in my tech/gadget freak footsteps, more of the shopping seems to be done this way, as the best deals on that sort of gifts are almost always online.  As a rule, I refuse to set foot in the mall anytime after Thanksgiving, although it has happened on a couple of occasions.  It's also rare for me to visit any retail establishments, though not as rare as a visit to the mall.

This and all other articles on this blog are © copyright 2011 by Daniel G. Dillman