# Done with Christmas shopping **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 15, 2023, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/done-with-christmas-shopping/994662 "2023-12-15T22:21:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2023, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/done-with-christmas-shopping/994662/1 "2023-12-15T22:21:08Z")
Box of See’s Victoria Toffee for the Missus. Box of See’s soft centers for me. My mom used to get this for my sister and me growing up although hers was nuts and chews. She hadn’t done it for a while so I revived the tradition myself a few years ago adding my wife and her VT. So do I get to claim, “First!”? ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2023, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/done-with-christmas-shopping/994662/2 "2023-12-15T22:35:49Z")
I did most of my Christmas shopping while I was on vacation in Ireland last summer. I generally try to do my Christmas shopping while I’m traveling, especially in a foreign country, since it offers the opportunity to get unique items I wouldn’t to get back home. My mom’s getting a wool sweater. Dad’s getting a [flat cap](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat_cap) with the Trinity College logo on it. I also picked up a Netflix gift card for Dad last week since I get him one ever year, and his Irish gift was smaller than Moms. But I guess Mom and Dad will really be sharing that. I got my sister a bottle of whiskey. Which is normally something she’d like, but when I got home I learned she was pregnant. Oh well, she can save it for later. She’ll probably want it once she has kids. Brother-in-law is also getting a flat cap. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2023, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/done-with-christmas-shopping/994662/3 "2023-12-16T00:38:02Z")
We’re done. I only get presents for my husband and kid. For my husband, two LL Bean long tees and one polo (his request.) For my son: A t-shirt that says “Math is my superpower” A book called _Trees Make the Best Pets_ A thing with letter tiles for spelling words A remote control gear robot (this looks [objectively awesome](https://www.lakeshorelearning.com/products/blocks-manipulatives/building-sets/remote-control-gear-bot/p/GG127/) to me) Stocking: Egg shaped bath bombs with dinosaurs inside Pull-back dinosaur shaped cars We’re only supposed to get him four gifts, which I find difficult. Today I went shopping with my grandmother and we colluded into getting him a Lite Brite and a box of stuff for “little engineers” to build things, and since they are gifts from her, it’s not breaking the rules. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2023, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/done-with-christmas-shopping/994662/4 "2023-12-16T00:53:12Z")
I finished mine this morning. Two secret santas to buy for. I finally figured out the co-worker one and bought it this morning. I drew the name of someone who works the opposite shift I do and had no clue what she liked as she doesn’t have pics or any such at her desk space. But she is very neat, clean, and organized. That did the trick. Hello Container Store. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2023, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/done-with-christmas-shopping/994662/5 "2023-12-16T00:59:43Z")
I’ll bet you make her day. ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2023, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/done-with-christmas-shopping/994662/6 "2023-12-16T05:16:47Z")
You guys!! There’s still…oh, lord. I have a book one daughter really wants and a few stocking stuffers for both daughters. I’m still trying to think of something - anything! - for my son-in-law. What makes it harder is that he also has a birthday on the 31st, so I’ve got to find two things. I’m about to break down and just ask the younger one to choose things for me. We’re mainly giving them money, but it’s nice to have actual gifts for them to unwrap. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2023, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/done-with-christmas-shopping/994662/7 "2023-12-16T05:19:51Z")
I was done with it in 1992 ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2023, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/done-with-christmas-shopping/994662/8 "2023-12-16T08:25:51Z")
I finished a week ago when I posted the last set of packages back to family members in the States. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2023, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/done-with-christmas-shopping/994662/9 "2023-12-16T17:13:20Z")
I guess I’ll start thinking about it today. Or not. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2023, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/done-with-christmas-shopping/994662/10 "2023-12-16T21:04:25Z")
Acorn and FedEx have come through! Packages just arrived and rushed them up to my study. Now a few stocking stuffers and I’m done. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2023, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/done-with-christmas-shopping/994662/11 "2023-12-16T21:11:16Z")
I’m mostly done. I just need to pick up two bottles of wine which I won’t be able to get until this upcoming week. ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2023, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/done-with-christmas-shopping/994662/12 "2023-12-16T23:58:56Z")
I was all done last week…or so I thought. Thursday I got an email from Amazon saying one of my gifts was running late. The tracking number was included so I went to the shipping site and plugged it in, only to be told that they had no idea what that number referred to. Yeah, my gift is _allegedly_ somewhere between Shenzen and my hometown. Now I have to go find something else for somebody who is already impossible to shop for. The item I ordered isn’t sold in any local stores. Ho ho ho. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2023, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/done-with-christmas-shopping/994662/13 "2023-12-17T01:10:25Z")
I’m done. Not terribly excited about anything I’m giving, but whatever. Lots of people getting cash, which seems wrong to me, but as I said, whatever. I spent about twenty minutes today getting out all the wrapping paraphernalia, and wrapped one tiny gift. Well, except for the bow. ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2023, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/done-with-christmas-shopping/994662/14 "2023-12-18T16:22:09Z")
> [@InternetLegend](#): > > What makes it harder is that he also has a birthday on the 31st, I hear ya! My husband, grandson, niece, son-in-law all have birthdays this week (the week before Xmas). UGH! I just have a few items to pick up. Not much but all at different stores. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2023, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/done-with-christmas-shopping/994662/15 "2023-12-18T16:26:00Z")
I gotta remember next year to splurge on my co-worker’s gifts. I always get them something extremely token, and they are very generous. I’m embarrassed.