Have you started yet?
How much do you spend on
1. Friends?
2 Family?
Where do you get your gifts from?
2006-10-07 08:26:35 · 13 answers · asked by -x-caroline-x- 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Christmas
Yes I have already started and have bought 4 presents so far. I bought my brother a fireman ornament. For my friend Michelle I bought her 2 Ice Skating ornaments. For my friend Karen-I bought her a Santa Claus ornament. For my friend Isabelle-I bought her a horse calendar at the Dollar Tree since she loves horses.
So, I still have some shopping to do, and should be finished hopefully by the middle of November. That way I can concentrate on Doing my Christmas Cards, Wrapping my gifts and having everything done by the first week of December so I can enjoy the holidays.
2006-10-08 07:53:42 · answer #1 · answered by Trigger 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I usually spend too much on Christmas-I have 4 children, 10 grandchildren, my husband, and 3 friends that I buy for AND we buy a live tree each year. The tree price has escalated to $50. This year, we are both retired and have had a lot of medical expenses so my gift costs and quantity will have to be drastically downsized-not sure how all will take it!
I have started buying a few things-where everyone used to receive half a dozen gifts, I've reduced it to 3 and spent less. I also have 4 birthdays in Nov and Dec and try to shop for those gifts also. I will now spent $10 to $15 on each friend, $30 on each birthday gift and $30 on each grandchild, $75 on each child and $75 on my husband, if I can keep it down to this. I buy clothing gifts at the mall, books online if I can't find what I want at the mall. I have finished shopping for my daughter-in-law, one granddaughter and have a birthday gift for one son and my daughter. The rest is yet to do-only 11 weeks, you say!!????
2006-10-08 04:36:49 · answer #2 · answered by rhymer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I have started Christmas shopping.
We usually gift our parents with something around the $100.00 limit. We do not gift to siblings & vice-versa - too many of us. This is the first year we will not be gifting to neices & nephews - too many. We will be sending studio photographs of each other's kids in lieu of gift. We are spread out quite a bit & are lucky to see each other once a year. Photos are precious. We host a BIG holiday party at our house every year for our friends. We go all out with great food, good wine & other spirits (& no one drives home they all walk). We probably spend about $150.00-$200.00 each on our kids. Probably the same for each other. We shop online. The kids always get books (amazon.com), gift certificates at favorite personal stores (at the age where mom doesn't know what fashion is), & try to cater to personal wishes (something for their room, etc) where fashion doesn't enter into the picture (mall stores). Hope this helps
2006-10-07 08:59:40 · answer #3 · answered by curiousgeorge 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
When it comes to gift-giving, it is really the thought that counts. Well, I haven't started yet with what I will be giving to friends or families, I thought I want to make it special. For each of my friends, I plan to give them a small party and have an exchange of gifts so that each one of us will be receiving something. I can find a gift in any discount stores so I can get lots of items for many people.
2006-10-07 11:35:15 · answer #4 · answered by ~Charmed Flor~ 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I haven't started yet; I start in the begining of December. I usually spen $400 on family and friends each year. I'm a Christmas junkie :)
2006-10-07 08:29:08 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
OMG.....i've got already set out the lighting fixtures furniture for the exterior decorations! We only offered a sparkling domicile so I even offered a sparkling ladder final week purely for putting the icicle lighting fixtures furniture i've got offered. i'm unable to WAIT! i've got been accumulating the indoor/outdoors LED mild instruments on after-holiday sales for 3 years now as quickly as we lived in an apartment so i'm unable to look ahead to this often happening Christmas to place them out. desire they shop the electrical powered invoice low. we've a Christmas tree farm close to us and are going to %. out our tree the weekend after Thanksgiving. i admire this time of 12 months!
2016-10-18 23:51:06 · answer #6 · answered by delcampo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
oh my goodness gracious
11 weeks??
golly gee i need to start shopping for christmas!
actualyyy..nah i LOVEE shopping for christmas presents close to the holidays becuase it puts me in the holiday spirit..
i loveee going to the mall at that time becuase everything looks so pretty!! and theres so many people shopping gah i just love it all
even tho my parents take like 50000000 hours at the mall trying to find the PERFECT gift for everyone and i just stand there with my little brother talking to each other really loud. so so fun.
ugh i cant wait
2006-10-07 09:29:12 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I begin shopping in january for the next year.I spend about $15.00 on nieces and nephews and siblings a piece.Son and hubby around $100 a piece.I also shop in my LTD for ALL my Christmas...:)
2006-10-07 09:36:54 · answer #8 · answered by Missvicki 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
11 weeks till christmas already!!!?? i cnt believe it! ummmm.... yea i guess i've started. i usually spend about 5 dollars each on friends and 20-30 dollars each on family and i buy gifts for my pets too! (usually spend 5 dollars on pets also since im kinda broke) wat do u mean "where do i get my gifts from" ? well, i'll answer two ways. i GET gifts from my parents,family and friends. and i usually SHOP for gifts for other ppl at the mall or online (ebay,amazon.com, ect..)
2006-10-07 09:11:26 · answer #9 · answered by NoBody 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
no haven't started
less than 20 each usually
for friends quirky inside jokeish gifts
family pictures and sentimental stuff
i get my gifts from hallmark and other mall stores
2006-10-07 08:28:17 · answer #10 · answered by WILSON 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋