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Post by PLurker on Aug 31, 2016 3:43:01 GMT
...truly thinks his Mom has gone over the edge. He walked into the kitchen and there I was wrapping presents. The double take he did could have snapped is neck! After a "What are you doing?" He said "this is even early for you, Mom!" Why yes, yes it is, son.
I have been cleaning, purging and rearranging and came to the cabinet that I store that stuff in and was rearranging and decided to wrap the annual little Star Wars gift that everyone gets and put them back. This year it's light saber flashlights/torches that I got on clearance.
Funny thing is even though I didn't care if he saw- he's 16- he left because he didn't want to know or ruin the surprise. Gotta love him.
So, I can honestly say I have (some) Christmas gifts wrapped. Anyone else?
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Post by Eddie-n-Harley on Aug 31, 2016 3:54:32 GMT
None wrapped. But does it count that my Christmas tree is up? (There's really no place to store it other than the corner where it lives right now, and since I'm not moving it, there's no real reason to take anything of off it.)
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Post by seaexplore on Aug 31, 2016 3:56:41 GMT
If I had Christmas paper mine would be started. I have most of the presents bought for 8 nieces and nephews. Need to get those wrapped and into their respective mailing boxes to go out just after thanksgiving.  |
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Post by crazy4scraps on Aug 31, 2016 3:57:43 GMT
None wrapped. But does it count that my Christmas tree is up? (There's really no place to store it other than the corner where it lives right now, and since I'm not moving it, there's no real reason to take anything of off it.)  We have a friend who never got around to taking hers down after last Christmas--and it's still set up in the front picture window of her house! |
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Post by refugeepea on Aug 31, 2016 4:04:53 GMT
My daughter found out I got her a Kindle. I told her Merry Christmas, you'll get it in December. My kids don't care if their presents are wrapped, so I throw as many things as possible in one gift bag. My youngest (special needs) hates unwrapping presents. Makes Christmas morning go real quick. |
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Post by quinmm14 on Aug 31, 2016 4:08:04 GMT
None wrapped. But does it count that my Christmas tree is up? (There's really no place to store it other than the corner where it lives right now, and since I'm not moving it, there's no real reason to take anything of off it.) We have a friend who never got around to taking hers down after last Christmas--and it's still set up in the front picture window of her house! I totally want to do this! I hate taking that big ass tree to the upstairs of my garage every year. I hate wrapping gifts, and I swear every year I'm going to hire it out. My dh gets tired of hearing me bitch about wrapping every damn year. |
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Post by Shel on Aug 31, 2016 4:16:01 GMT
Nothing's wrapped. I have purchased a few things though but since we are moving in a month I haven't gotten serious about it. Here's my issue this year....we generally keep our Christmases fairly small for our kids but my oldest DD is a senior so in addition to her "regular" Christmas stuff/list I have a list for college stuff too. (I have a separate list for graduation). Anyway since she's the oldest I can't have twice as many gifts for her as I have for, say my 6 year old. So now I need to get creative with the other kids lists to increase the number without increasing the crap I'm bringing into my house!
And I haven't nailed down a final budget yet because we are building a house and I feel like we are hemorraging money at every turn. (Window treatments, new furniture, new appliances, new rugs, extra shelves in closets, and so on and so forth.)
FWP!!!!
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Post by crazy4scraps on Aug 31, 2016 4:29:57 GMT
We have a friend who never got around to taking hers down after last Christmas--and it's still set up in the front picture window of her house! I totally want to do this! I hate taking that big ass tree to the upstairs of my garage every year. I hate wrapping gifts, and I swear every year I'm going to hire it out. My dh gets tired of hearing me bitch about wrapping every damn year. In her later years, my mom had a smaller tabletop tree. At the end of the season she would just leave all the ornaments on it, throw a trash bag over it to keep the dust off of it and put it in the closet in a corner like that until the next year! I love wrapping presents and I'm really good at it too. I think I should set up shop somewhere because I'm pretty sure I could make a bundle wrapping other people's gifts and it would be fun knowing what everyone was getting. |
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Post by padresfan619 on Aug 31, 2016 4:34:54 GMT
Not even bought. We have 8 family birthdays in June and July, we need time to recover.
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Post by Eddie-n-Harley on Aug 31, 2016 4:46:38 GMT
I totally want to do this! I hate taking that big ass tree to the upstairs of my garage every year. I hate wrapping gifts, and I swear every year I'm going to hire it out. My dh gets tired of hearing me bitch about wrapping every damn year. In her later years, my mom had a smaller tabletop tree. At the end of the season she would just leave all the ornaments on it, throw a trash bag over it to keep the dust off of it and put it in the closet in a corner like that until the next year!
I love wrapping presents and I'm really good at it too. I think I should set up shop somewhere because I'm pretty sure I could make a bundle wrapping other people's gifts and it would be fun knowing what everyone was getting. Me, too. I wonder if my landlord would be okay with my putting a sign over the mailboxes. LOL. Knock on my door, I'll come wrap your presents in the hall while you watch. |
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Post by mlynn on Aug 31, 2016 4:56:13 GMT
Our tree an decorations are down. However, they are not put away. DH suggested yesterday that we just leave them out.
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Post by beaglemom on Aug 31, 2016 4:58:42 GMT
I just got some gifts in the mail today! We go to Cabo for Christmas/Hannukah/New Years with dh's family this year. We decided that each family is is responsible for their own kids for Christmas. Then since there are three families and the grandparents each set is in charge of two nights of Hannukah for the kids. There are 9 kids...so 18 presents. There was a great sale on disney.com the other day and I ordered the three little girls some palace pets and storm trooper sunglasses for 3 of the boys. So 12 gifts to go!
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Post by PLurker on Aug 31, 2016 4:59:36 GMT
I totally want to do this! I hate taking that big ass tree to the upstairs of my garage every year. I hate wrapping gifts, and I swear every year I'm going to hire it out. My dh gets tired of hearing me bitch about wrapping every damn year. In her later years, my mom had a smaller tabletop tree. At the end of the season she would just leave all the ornaments on it, throw a trash bag over it to keep the dust off of it and put it in the closet in a corner like that until the next year! I love wrapping presents and I'm really good at it too. I think I should set up shop somewhere because I'm pretty sure I could make a bundle wrapping other people's gifts and it would be fun knowing what everyone was getting. I'm about up for the mini trees, too. A couple years back we didn't get tree up because I spent Nov/Dec in hospital. When I did get home kids wanted to put up tree but with less hassle. The put only the top 2 sections of tree on top of antique chest in corner and put the base in a crock or old tin (can't remember now). But it ended up cute as all get out. I think we may be done with big trees. |
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Post by **GypsyGirl** on Aug 31, 2016 5:44:52 GMT
No gifts wrapped here. I am just starting to work on putting together some quilt tops to be sent out for quilting. Need to get on the stick with that! I'm about up for the mini trees, too. A couple years back we didn't get tree up because I spent Nov/Dec in hospital. When I did get home kids wanted to put up tree but with less hassle. The put only the top 2 sections of tree on top of antique chest in corner and put the base in a crock or old tin (can't remember now). But it ended up cute as all get out. I think we may be done with big trees. We are done with them. After the remodel, there really isn't a good spot for the tree (or one that we can agree on), so I pulled out the glitzy tinsel tabletop tree I bought for DD when she was in high school. It takes fewer ornaments and less time to decorate. I am going to look for a nicer tabletop tree this year. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2016 7:16:04 GMT
Good lord no! Having wrapped presents hanging around for almost four months would drive me mad. I get wanting to be organised but I'm good with Christmas in December.
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Post by gar on Aug 31, 2016 7:29:21 GMT
All you people just need to stop!!! We're just enjoying the end of a fairly lame summer here, I do NOT want to be thinking about that!  |
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Post by peasapie on Aug 31, 2016 7:33:10 GMT
I totally want to do this! I hate taking that big ass tree to the upstairs of my garage every year. I hate wrapping gifts, and I swear every year I'm going to hire it out. My dh gets tired of hearing me bitch about wrapping every damn year. In her later years, my mom had a smaller tabletop tree. At the end of the season she would just leave all the ornaments on it, throw a trash bag over it to keep the dust off of it and put it in the closet in a corner like that until the next year! I love wrapping presents and I'm really good at it too. I think I should set up shop somewhere because I'm pretty sure I could make a bundle wrapping other people's gifts and it would be fun knowing what everyone was getting. Oh boy. I despise wrapping presents so much that I used to pay my daughter to do it for me. All I had to do was wrap hers. |
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Aug 31, 2016 11:12:14 GMT
Not even bought. We have 8 family birthdays in June and July, we need time to recover. Me either! We have most the kids' birthdays in June, July, September, and October, and one in November. I do have a few stocking stuffers, however. I feel very proud of that, at least. |
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Post by hop2 on Aug 31, 2016 11:15:04 GMT
None wrapped but I have 2 bought
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2016 11:24:20 GMT
Not here -- that's a task for Christmas eve!
I buy little stuff all year -- when I see something, I buy it. It sits in a box in the closet until just before Christmas.
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Post by purplebee on Aug 31, 2016 11:24:45 GMT
Haven't even thought about it. But I might start making a list....
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Post by Spongemom Scrappants on Aug 31, 2016 11:24:57 GMT
I have a fair amount of gifts purchased already. To me, though, the wrapping of gifts is part of the Christmas season enjoyment. I wouldn't really want to do that early.
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Post by beanbuddymom on Aug 31, 2016 11:30:13 GMT
I haven't wrapped any, but have been looking for ideas for decorations and crafts for it and have noticed many others on my Pinterest have the same idea right now.
I am planning to make a lot of items for Christmas this year both from the perspective of refusing to spend the amount of money I usually do each year and the fact that I have an amount of craft items that could forseeably make things for everyone and still have enough for me to last a decade. So making things will require me to start now, definitely.
I really should wrap the items I did get already though, or at least put them in one spot and label them, as every year I get stuff for my sisters throughout the year and then lose where I put them. I really should just get some rubbermaid boxes for the cellar, wrap them and label them and put them there and I would likely be less crazy come December (at least about that).
Thank you for sharing, I tend to "Christmas nest" when the kids go off to school, some years more than others - the last few years has been much less but maybe I will change things up this year.
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Post by rhhdk on Aug 31, 2016 11:41:41 GMT
I refuse to think about Christmas until November.
Fromt the 8th of August to the 15 of October we are attending 5 mileage-birthdays, 5 normal birthdays, a 5-days trip to Berlin a wedding (all weekend) and I got two all-day crops. So we don't think about christmas just yet
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Post by monklady123 on Aug 31, 2016 11:46:39 GMT
...truly thinks his Mom has gone over the edge. He walked into the kitchen and there I was wrapping presents. The double take he did could have snapped is neck! After a "What are you doing?" He said "this is even early for you, Mom!" Why yes, yes it is, son. I have been cleaning, purging and rearranging and came to the cabinet that I store that stuff in and was rearranging and decided to wrap the annual little Star Wars gift that everyone gets and put them back. This year it's light saber flashlights/torches that I got on clearance. Funny thing is even though I didn't care if he saw- he's 16- he left because he didn't want to know or ruin the surprise. Gotta love him. So, I can honestly say I have (some) Christmas gifts wrapped. Anyone else?  ^^ that would be no.  SaveSave |
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Post by gar on Aug 31, 2016 11:52:50 GMT
So (hi-jack) those of you who buy really early - how can you weigh up the risk that people won't buy that item for themselves before Christmas? I'm not talking about a jumper or a lip gloss but an ipad or a box set or something like that - because by Christmas the 28 day return policy date (or whatever it is) will be long gone. I'm thinking that my Dh would just go and buy something if he wanted it, within reason, and my DDs change their minds about stuff ...not so much these days as they're older but they certainly did as teenagers! |
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Post by janeinbama on Aug 31, 2016 12:05:18 GMT
I have bought a few, but the years I wrap early I forget what the presents are!
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Post by hop2 on Aug 31, 2016 12:32:21 GMT
So (hi-jack) those of you who buy really early - how can you weigh up the risk that people won't buy that item for themselves before Christmas? I'm not talking about a jumper or a lip gloss but an ipad or a box set or something like that - because by Christmas the 28 day return policy date (or whatever it is) will be long gone. I'm thinking that my Dh would just go and buy something if he wanted it, within reason, and my DDs change their minds about stuff ...not so much these days as they're older but they certainly did as teenagers! for me I found a pretty unique item and it's perfect for the person. It's small so I'll buy something from their list closer to the holiday |
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Post by freecharlie on Aug 31, 2016 12:38:48 GMT
Nothing's wrapped. I have purchased a few things though but since we are moving in a month I haven't gotten serious about it. Here's my issue this year....we generally keep our Christmases fairly small for our kids but my oldest DD is a senior so in addition to her "regular" Christmas stuff/list I have a list for college stuff too. (I have a separate list for graduation). Anyway since she's the oldest I can't have twice as many gifts for her as I have for, say my 6 year old. So now I need to get creative with the other kids lists to increase the number without increasing the crap I'm bringing into my house! And I haven't nailed down a final budget yet because we are building a house and I feel like we are hemorraging money at every turn. (Window treatments, new furniture, new appliances, new rugs, extra shelves in closets, and so on and so forth.) FWP!!!! just slowly buy the stuff for college and give it to her as it is bought. It doesn't need to be a Christmas present and then you don't need to increase in the others |
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Post by scrappert on Aug 31, 2016 12:41:06 GMT
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We have a friend who never got around to taking hers down after last Christmas--and it's still set up in the front picture window of her house!
