Last minute Christmas shopping - aargh what have I done

[Meg-in-MT]

It might be worth noting that I could probably fit in one of our stockings. And I'm 5'2"

 

[Ninjasquirrel]

Oh no! Haha, I can see why you wouldn't want to do that again

Oh I ate all those gummy bears. And he got me a gift as well that was great. But when it came to the stocking he phoned it in

 

[Ninjasquirrel]

It might be worth noting that I could probably fit in one of our stockings. And I'm 5'2"

Wow. Ours are just the standard size. I just thought it'd be a fun thing for us to do. You know, our own Christmas thing with just us. This year though we just did the stockings for the dog and the cat. I handmade toys and he bought the dog a rope toy. So we still have our own thing but there's less pressure on my procrastinator lol

 

[ValerieJ]

My mother used to take they easy way out - generic gift cards for everyone, so she didn’t actually have to think of a gift , “you are all to hard to buy for” was her excuse.

It's mine too.

 

[ValerieJ]

My mother did the gift cards for her grand kids, youngest was 6 yrs old. For teenagers yes but not little kids. She just couldn’t be bothered with it all

Well, I do it when they get to about 8 or 9 years old. Our grands live a long way away, so we are just not in touch with their day to day activities. We are generous, and they love getting the money. We also send a lot of cookies.

 

[Meg-in-MT]

Oh I ate all those gummy bears. And he got me a gift as well that was great. But when it came to the stocking he phoned it in

Oh good!

Wow. Ours are just the standard size. I just thought it'd be a fun thing for us to do. You know, our own Christmas thing with just us. This year though we just did the stockings for the dog and the cat. I handmade toys and he bought the dog a rope toy. So we still have our own thing but there's less pressure on my procrastinator lol

We saw them at K-mart maybe 6-7 yrs ago, and my husband just had to have them! Our Christmas with the kids started early by playing board/card/dice games and whoever won got to pick out of the stocking. When the stockings were empty we moved to presents. Our own version of the 12 days of Christmas

The big stockings are fun. You can put a Costco size bottle of shampoo or a box of Kleenex or q-tips

 

[Oz chic]

So my “lost” parcel turned up today!! Delivered on a Saturday even!! After I brought gifts to replace it yesterday might put it away for birthday presents

 

[Oz chic]

It's mine too.

I understand the appeal of gift cards, but for a 6 yr old kids who are expecting actually presents, I don’t think they are right, and this is what my mother would do,

 

[ValerieJ]

So my “lost” parcel turned up today!! Delivered on a Saturday even!! After I brought gifts to replace it yesterday might put it away for birthday presents

That is so typical! Hey, better to have too many gifts than not enough, and keeping them for birthdays is a great idea.