2 months till the Red Suit guy comes to town.

Am I ready? Don't be silly - there are still EIGHT WEEKS or SIXTY DAYS left - why would I be ready?

I did, however, actually buy a present today. This is about as early to buy one as it has ever been

I actually like the last minute rush of Christmas. I am not great at keeping secrets and seem to come up with my best ideas when there is not too much time to think, so I am not ready but ready to be ready. Later. In a month or so!

It scares me to count! We do have Thanksgivng planned but the rest will depend on budgets.

I have started picking up some gifts and getting stocking stuffers. I will do my decorating the middle of November, so I am another who is glad our Thanksgiving is in October (plus I enjoy having it in what is usually warmer weather).

I do not do much baking anymore because dh is diabetic. What baking I do do I like to leave til the last couple of weeks before Christmas. Same with the bulk of my shopping. I am not normally a retail shopper and do not go to malls or stores except at Christmas. So I like to go when eveywhere is decorated nicely, when there are carols playing, and (hopefully!) when there is snow and it is feeling more festive. 

Same with my wrapping, etc. I enjoy doing that closer to the date, when Christmas movies and specials are on t.v.

I will start menu planning and picking up things to freeze for our Christmas Eve appetizer all day graze though.

I love Christmas, it is my absolute favourite time of the year. My house is usually decorated a full two months...which is one of the reasons we have an artificial tree.

We are not buying any gifts this year except for maybe one for our 6 yr old niece and some stocking stuffers. We are going to go on a short trip to San Antonio with my parents instead. No gifts for adults at all.

I measure "time til Christmas" not by days or weeks, but by pay days! I have 2 pays to go til Christmas and I haven't started any preparations. Which means my December pay will all have to go towards gifts etc.

The kids will be finished in the beginning of November. Dh and I shop for eachother early December. If neices want American Girl items, I will be done with them Nov, if not most likely December and for my new neice as well (5m at Christmas)

I think that Halloween has become the kick off of the holiday season now. I can remember not hearing a thing about Christmas until after turkey day, but now we cant even get Frankenstein put back in the closet before we have to drag out st nick!

We're getting there. We are starting to figure out ideas for the people/kids we buy for. Our 4 year old is the only person we have actually bought a gift for so far.

We are going out of town next week for a concert and the boys are staying with the Grandparents. Hope to get a bunch of the shopping done then!

I've had enough Christmases in my life time that I wish it would just stop being every year. I'd love Christmas if it happened every five years. Now days I just endure it to be polite. UGH! Not looking forward to all the work.

I'm doing fairly well. I have both of the girls' "big" gifts. And I know what ds wants (Lego sets). I've also picked up a few other gifts here and there. Some I've ordered on Zulily and just waiting for them to ship. Other than my kids, we only have to buy for my mom and my in-laws to buy for. Both of them are difficult. I hate just buying gift cards but it's hard finding something they want. I'm thinking about about getting my mom a nice sweatshirt. She's always cold so a North Face sweatshirt or something similar would work for her. My in-laws on the other hand...who knows. I try to think of something but my dh usually ends up doing gift cards for them.

Stocking stuffers are my nemesis this year, especially for my ds. I started a thread here and got some ideas, so I do have a few new ideas that I want to look for!