I did not get a chance to post my challenge list yesterday (Monday) but I will do it tonight.
In the meantime here is a thought for you to ponder. Yesterday was the 25th of the month therefore it is now 5 months till Christmas. Whilst this is a terrifying thought for some, others have already finished their Christmas shopping!
I fall somewhere in the middle of the 2 extremes. I have made some notes for my Christmas letter, and I am pleased to report that I bought 2 Christmas gifts. I received an email about pre-sale of tickets for ‘The Wiggles’ so after speaking with Belle I have bought tickets for Miss O and Izz to see the show. This is in keeping with my attempts to minimise the amount of ‘stuff’ given and received as gifts. It is also perfect for Miss O who has a birthday in December.
Over to you. What preparations do you do for Christmas? When do you start?
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What a lovely gift! We too are trying to reduce the amount of “stuff”, and mindless gift buying. We put all the names into a hat and so only buy one gift and cannot spend over 30.00. This is for the adults – the grand kids get a gift each, but I do try to make them educational. For friends I always do lots of baking and give baskets of goodies or homemade crafts etc. gosh – I must get busy getting prepared for those!
I have made two gifts so far and just dug out a pattern for boxers to see how much fabric it needs to make some more. My goal is to make as much as I can (but practical stuff – not BBQ aprons!)
The gift of concert tickets is a great idea – the little girls will get a lot of joy from it.