# 13.5 days to get your Christmas shopping finished.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/13-5-days-to-get-your-christmas-shopping-finished/476704>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 11, 2008, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/13-5-days-to-get-your-christmas-shopping-finished/476704 "2008-12-11T12:00:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Marlitharn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marlitharn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marlitharn)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2008, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/13-5-days-to-get-your-christmas-shopping-finished/476704/21 "2008-12-12T02:37:30Z")

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I won’t have the money to do any shopping until the 19th (this week’s paycheck is slated for Christmas cookie ingredients) but I’m only buying for my two kids, and only a couple of things apiece. I know what I’m getting mini-Marli but I don’t have a clue what to get The Boy (who will also be turning 18 four days before Christmas). I hate to be lazy but I’m thinking gift card; the kind of stuff he wants I can’t afford.

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