HEY CHRISTMAS IS COMMIN!!! WHO GOT GIFTS IDEAS ALREADY???

[welob77]

 It has been my past experience that you can never go wrong with a gift card. Even if you are not best friends with the person you are wanting the gift idea for, surely you have heard them mention a favorite resturant or clothing store in which they like to shop. Just pay attention to them when they are talking to you. You can ask questions about certain establishmens to get an idea of what the person likes.

[catherinedwhite]

Although Gift cards seem so impersonal when purchasing them for some one else, I always like to receive them.

DID YOU KNOW- thousands of dollars if gift cards go unredeemed every year.  Try to find cards with no expiration date.

[vmcutshall]

I will do a lot of baking for Christmas. Everyone in my family expects baked goods for presents this year, and I am going to try some new recipes. I do a lot of home made gift jars and such.

[Benny17]

i think a gift card is a really good idea! what if u bought someone something that they either didn't like or it wasn't there size(too small, too big) although a gift card can mean your not trying hard but it also say's that you have that person in mind!

[franlee46]

I will do a lot of baking for Christmas. Everyone in my family expects baked goods for presents this year, and I am going to try some new recipes. I do a lot of home made gift jars and such.

Your idea is similar to mine I crochet gifts for all the people on my list.... my family and friends really like new mittens and hats this year besides those items I am trying out place mats and coasters which are really fast to do We can all use coasters So that is what I am doing Does any one else make their gifts?

[dbsaus1]

I usually buy lottery scratchers and put them all over my tree and buy gift cards and hang them on my tree and make my whole family take a turn and look for their names...lol....I get gift cards from every where....even restaurants, department stores, shoe stores, movies, and day passes to amusement parks....My family is able able to make the decisions for themselves as what they want to buy and when... no long lines for returns...

The lottery scratchers are too fun....someone always hits something good from 1.00 to 300.00 or more. The most was 300.00...lol...last year...

Sounds like a lot of fun.

[rogery]

Here's a great idea. Everyone send me gift cards so I can review them here. Send them to: Gift Card Review, PO Box...

[MollyAlice1]

Yep, im getting my mom a pantsuit, my dad a personalized Vistaprint t-shirt, my bro a giftcard and a handmade scarve, my bro's girlfriend some shoes, handmade jewelry, scarve, giftcard, and makeup, she really helped us out so imma hook her up, lol

  tHAT IS A VERY GOOS IDEA...

[MollyAlice1]

I'm bored and disgusted with Christmas, had enough.

what a struge thing to say. i might get no gifts, or might not feel good or something, but my heart always be in the mood for christmas.

I can somewhat relate to where you are coming from. With all the commercial attention that the holiday receives starting in August in some stores, it is hard to remain excited about the holiday by the time it gets here. I think it is also a matter that many of us set pretty high expectations of what we should be doing in order to have the "perfect" or "Norman Rockwell" Holiday and that is often unrealistic. In my family we have agreed that cards and good health are good enough for the adults and we have turned our attention to making the holidays special and magical for the children. That has tended to work for us and I think we will continue it. If it is possible to gather us all together from the various parts of the country where we all live, that is just an additional bonus. It doesn't always happen but when it does it is magical and keeps us connected to what we feel is the more important part of the holiday season.  It is hard to be a GRinch sometimes but then it is also easily understood. Hope you are able to find a place that works for you to find some joy even if just for a small moment during the upcoming holidays. Everyone deserves a little peace and joy in their life. Even if it is just for one or two minutes to take a time out and listen to a favorite Christmas song, really push yourself to embrace it and see if it helps? Maybe it will maybe it won't but you won't know for sure unless you give it a chance. If it is something that has fallen away from your UNiversal world outlook then that is a different matter. Maybe just a moment with a child in a hospital or orphanage would be beneficial to the process. Then again, if you wish to walk away from celebration of the holidays all together, and it has been a well thought out decision, those around you should respect that too. Whatever happens for you I hope that you have peace and love in your life from wherever you are able to find it. Take care.

[billrune]

I haven't really thought about
buying gifts yet. But, today I
received 500 free bids to use
on an auction site. Way to cool!

So who knows maybe I'll win something
nice.

I think anyone can get these free bids
through tomorrow (Sunday)

Look me up i'll give you the info if you
want them.

Bill

[donnitab]

I just purchased a coffee mug online for my father in law with the grandchildren's pictures on it. It is really cute.

[debidoo]

No, not yet, I am not going to be a bah humbug and try to bring everyone down, I just hope that I can get into more of a christmas spirit before Christmas....My Mom passed away back in May and it seems that now everyone left in the family is copping attitudes and not having anything to do with each other......regardless I have two wonderful grown sons and a husband but I am a little down because of my brother and sister and their grown kids.  Nonetheless I wanted to have a Christmas party for all the wonderful people who did show my mom support in her last days which would have been the very people you wouldn't have expected to! I don't know if I can pull it together or not but I'm going to try.  Anyway, here's wishing in advance that each and every one of you have a wonderful, happy and blessed Christmas 

[mtmailey]

not me that is a whiteman's holiday that is just commercial.

[blackish0t]

I only have a few people I'm buying for this year and other's I'm just making things for. I'm going to grab a couple of clearance toys for my 9-month-old, who will be almost a year when it's christmas and my boyfriend loves drawing so I'm going to grab him a really good, leather bound sketch pad and really good sketching pencils. Also, he loves Dr.Who, so I'm getting him a thing for his car that says "Tardis". I'm going to be making my friends a bunch of jewelry, which usually ends up being pretty cheap because a nice set of earrings costs maybe $5 or less to make!

[koolcraftlady]

Since funds are very limited in my house, I plan on baking bread, cookies, snack bars and even home made beef jerky for my family for Christmas.