# Don't Hate Me because I have Finished Xmas Shopping **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 7, 2009, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-hate-me-because-i-have-finished-xmas-shopping/516717 "2009-11-07T15:08:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Skylark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Skylark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skylark)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2009, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-hate-me-because-i-have-finished-xmas-shopping/516717/21 "2009-11-09T01:53:15Z")
> [@Picard\_Kills\_Kirk](#): > > What happens if something significant happens between now and Christmas? Do you leave off that you are \ until next year, or do you rewrite all the cards? Do you have one letter that you send to everyone, or do you write individual letters to each person? This just reminded me of a good thread here. They were talking about Christmas cards and the mundane bragging that goes on therein, and one poster had the idea of creating fantastical stories in them, but never got around to it until too late in the year. It’s a pretty good time to start right now, actually. Upon Preview: Found it! [The annual Christmas letter - The BBQ Pit - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=496291) ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2009, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-hate-me-because-i-have-finished-xmas-shopping/516717/22 "2009-11-09T19:48:09Z")
> [@Desert\_Nomad](#): > > I am going to be in a Muslim country on Christmas, so I think I am exempt. As opposed to Paul in **Qatar**? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-hate-me-because-i-have-finished-xmas-shopping/516717/23 "2009-11-10T22:59:21Z")
I just finished my major shopping for Christmas. Want to know what my wife is getting? Second row center seats for \*\*Viva ELVIS, \*\*the brand-new Cirque show at Aria in Las Vegas. The rest is fiddly stuff. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Maiira](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Maiira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maiira)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-hate-me-because-i-have-finished-xmas-shopping/516717/24 "2009-11-11T02:01:26Z")
> [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](#): > > You can hate me because I have also finished my Christmas wrapping. > > So there. Can’t I hate you for both? 😃 I keed, I keed. Seriously, I don’t even know who all I’m buying for yet. My immediate family and my boyfriend are obvious, but beyond that I’m still trying to decide. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-hate-me-because-i-have-finished-xmas-shopping/516717/25 "2009-11-11T05:23:09Z")
> [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](#): > > You can hate me because I have also finished my Christmas wrapping. > > So there. I wouldn’t even consider hating you for demonstrating such a squared-away approach to the holidays. I could hate you for not getting anything for me if you like. How would that be? ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-hate-me-because-i-have-finished-xmas-shopping/516717/26 "2009-11-11T05:24:58Z")
> [@Ranchoth](#): > > I’ve already got a small but respectable hoard built up, so far. Including a human brain!\* > > \*Okay, it’s plastic. But it’s still anatomically accurate and life-sized. Anatomically correct? You mean it has a penis? :eek: Waitaminute. You said anatomically “accurate,” not “correct.” Carry on. ---
**Author:** ![Sonnenstrahl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Sonnenstrahl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sonnenstrahl)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-hate-me-because-i-have-finished-xmas-shopping/516717/27 "2009-11-11T08:16:14Z")
> [@Ranchoth](#): > > I usually try to start my christmas shopping around August, actually. > > I’ve already got a small but respectable hoard built up, so far. Including a human brain!\* > > \*Okay, it’s plastic. But it’s still anatomically accurate and life-sized. I’ve been amused recently by the great number of ads a guy has been posting around campus for his handmade, realistic models of human skulls. Only $135 each. (It’s not so odd that he’s selling them, it’s that the posters are all over the place, on bulletin boards besides roommate wanted and car for sale posters.) So now I know why - he does a booming trade in Christmas gifts! Wonder who I know who would like a skull? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-hate-me-because-i-have-finished-xmas-shopping/516717.md?page=1)