Christmas

I bought my Christmas notebook today.

I'm very excited....

I start in January.

I'm pretty much finished now.

My mum has got all of her bought, and wrapped upin the loft.

Oh wow. You guys are so orgainised. Every year I say I will start early and every year I fail.

Think it will be small token gift this year as we are saving like mad.

I've got 2 of my daughters a laptop each and the other one an iPhone. OH is getting a 60" tv. No idea what to get stepson though!

Can you adopt me?

I've got my eldest a 3DS, and I am SO tempted to play it before I give it him.

My youngest will only be 6 months, so I tried not to go too mad with presents for him, failed epically!!!

I love spoiling my kids at Christmas...

here's my eldest last xmas

I got one of OH's Xmas presents the other day actually. I normally buy things as I see them throughout the year, but thus far havent seen anything! Got 4 close family birthdays in Sept (including a 50th) though so not sure how much I'll get done this month....

Sheesh, you guys are v organised! I normally start in Nov and feel super organised if I'm done the week before Christmas and not Christmas eve! I'm afraid Aug is way too early for me to start thinking about it, I'm in the 'Christmas songs should not be played till at least November' camp...

I LOVE christmas, its my fave time of year, family, food, drink, shopping for and giving gifts I even love wrapping! but i insist that Halloween and bonfire night must be out the way b4 I start thinking about it seriously!

ive started making list of thing to get OH but thats about it so far! by mid nov, i will have SO many lists!!

Sounds like you need a Christmas notebook!

I haven't started buying presents yet, but I have got all my Christmas cards and wrapping paper etc. I just need to get a couple of Christmas cards this year as we recently had a little boy so I want a 1st baby Christmas card and a card for grandparents etc.

I love Christmas. I wrote the present list and card list last week but can't write the cards yet as we are due a new baby in four weeks! I will soak the fruit for the Christmas cakes this week I think and go and buy the cards. My sons birthday is in four weeks too so I can't buy him anything till after his birthday just in case!!! Due to new baby this year presents are going to be reduced and I have agree with friend with children that we are only buying for the kids from now on something I thought Id never do but think needs must at present

I love to make a start round about now and then usually have finished mid November!

I will make a card and present list anytime now really but I usually get a large amount done on my holidays in October!

I love it!!

It's 117 days till Christmas. We're getting married 10 days before it, so Christmas shopping has taken a back seat this year. We told people we wouldn't be really doing a big Christmas this year and everyone was in agreement. Everyone will be getting a gift at the wedding, so we don't feel so bad that we can't spoil people at Christmas too.

Every year I say I'm going to be organised and every year I fail to do anything until at least after Bonfire Night. Need to get the notepad out and start making lists!

I have started to think about it away next week, so will look around then. Not money again this year and also my Mum is 60 just under a week before. I got my dad a newspaper of the day he was born so thinking may do the same with my mum

I'll be getting my son's pressie this week - a 3DS as its on offer at Amazon at the moment (£125)

Do any of the "non-believers" on here feel a bit of a hypocrite by celebrating Christmas?

Crikey! You lot are super organised. I tend to start my christmas shopping half heartedly in the middle of november but i resent doing anything christmassy before my birthday (25th november) However, I always aim to be totally done by the 15th of December so i can relax.

I would much rather feel a hypocrite than make my kids feel like shite by not having Christmas....

I read a book called "The Atheists Guide to Christmas" which gives various reasons to justify Atheists celebrating.

I bloody lvoe christmas, think Mooey mentioned it to me the other day and i got the butterflys of excitement!!!

We dont buy pressies throughout the year (who knows what people will want/need in december?!) just put money away and then we have a massive shopping weeekend one day shopping the next getting the house all christmassy and what not and generally feeling festive..this has to be after 29th november tho as thats Mr fs birthday and he hates christmas taking over it lol

One of my closest friends was raised a JW and I know what it was like for her growing up without Christmas...

Hey I'm not saying anyone should feel like a hypocrite, I'm an atheist and bloody love Chrimbo.

H's two eldest are JW's and they get punished if they receive presses or participate in Christmas at all, they get punished by their stepfather. Ridiculous.

Oh I know that!

I am generally a very organised person, but I usually leave Christmas shopping until beginning - mid November. OH has 3 brothers and we usually come up with some kind of rule each year as to how much to spend or give a list of what people want for the house etc, so I need to wait for someone to come up with that this year.

We won't be doing anything about it until November. I much prefer to plan when it's getting wintery.

It's wintery up here in Glasgow CB! Every month of the year!

Well...you do need to make sure it works!! ?