Nah. Just break all his fingers. That would be sufficient.
Hey, isn’t there a war on?
QVC had Christmas in July. How do those hosts have the spirit to have to do that plus three months of Christmas in the fall?!
Yet another reason I’m glad I’ve never watched QVC. The only early holiday stuff I’ll accept is in craft stores. If you’re going to craft your own spooks, turkeys, or elves, you need time to work on them. Otherwise, KNOCK IT OFF!!!
Yes, now’s the time to buy that turkey chick and raise it in the back yard.
This is one of the extreme perks of being Jewish. You can take or leave as much of the Christmas hoop-la, food, presents, music, etc., as you want. You can enjoy the Christmas fallout without having any of the work, guilt, or sense of obligation. (Hanukah doesn’t come remotely close to being as big a deal. Thank goodness.)
Aren’t we forgetting the true meaning of Christmas? You know, the birth of Santa. - Bart Simpson
Foggy, your name’s misspelled; it should be “i” instead of “o.” Last name: Pudding. 
I’ve got my little Advent calendar gifts purchased, and a couple of Christmas gifts. When I see something online I get it before I forget where I saw it. Major shopping should start in a month or so, but I don’t have many to buy for. No more than four people or so.
That ad has been going on all year.
I hate to say it, but I buy Christmas gifts year round. If I see something appropriate for a particular person, I buy it and put it in the special gifts place (behind the door in the 2nd bedroom). Other than that, Christmas season starts the day after Thanksgiving.
Unless the Rudolph thread revives earlier…
Why do you hate to say that? It’s a great idea and a great thing to do.
But I just submitted a mileage reimbursement for The Fellow’s medical crap, and had mentally earmarked that for the Christmas budget. And I have already bought the first handful of stocking stuffers. With 6 kids, 6 parent-type-people, two sets of brothers/family units, and a niece and her husband, plus a tight budget, it’s all about planning ahead.
May I humbly suggest setting up a pollyanna? It’s a great thing: having to concentrate on buying just a single gift for the name you’ve drawn is quite liberating and cuts down a lot on stress; it’ll save your bank account; many people secretly would go for this, but are afraid to suggest it, so as not to be thought a Scrooge; you can buy something REALLY nice, once the price limit has been set(which most people exceed anyway); limit it to adults only if you get some complainers that the children will be disappointed. I instituted this over 30 years ago and have had no complaints.
I watch it sometimes because it’s fascinating how they keep up the patter, and because there are no commercial breaks – it’s all one big commercial!
This coming weekend is Labor Day. The shit will hit the fan right after that, with Christmas decorations and The Music From Hell ™ starting to play.
You want something really messed up, the owner of the grocery store I work at had to put in the order for Valentine’s candy already about a week or so ago. I don’t know when she had to order the Christmas candy, but I’m thinking around June or July. We have a big stack of Halloween candy in the back room right now and the Halloween Cap’n Crunch is already on the shelf.
But there are commercial breaks, of a sort. Sometimes they take a break from the commercial they’re doing right now, to advertise the commercial they’re going to be doing in the next hour!
Oh…right…the music…the endlessendlessendless music… :smack:
I have my mom’s present, my brother’s present, and my son’s Christmas eve present. Always pajamas. I can never find pajamas when I need them, found some with Ruddolph on them at clearance sale in March) My dad’s individual present needs one more thing. I generally get hubby a ticket to the Canucks-Islanders game. I need to get my mother in law something, my sister in laws something and my toddler niece. Everyone else gets homemade jams, barbeque sauces, jellies, chutneys in a gift basket.
OH, um the main chirstmas present for my son. And his birthday present. (2 weeks before) so not nearly done as I thought.
I confess, I bought a Christmas tree yesterday. I’ve been stalking a flocked tree (artificial) for quite some time and I found the perfect one. Of course it is not up–living in the box in my garage.
One January when I was a kid, I took my Xmas money and did all my shopping for the following Noel. I hid the presents so well that I forgot them when the next Thanksgiving rolled around, re-shopped, and found the first set sometime the following February. And kept them.