Poll: When do you do your Christmas shopping?

[EmilieT]

Hi guys, 

Now that December is here, it's time to start thinking very seriously about what you're going to put under the tree or send to your friends and loved ones! 

It can be quite difficult to find the right present sometimes  For some that means it's better to start planning for it early, while others prefer leaving it to the last minute ... so how early are you taking care of your Christmas shopping this year?

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I'll publish the results some time in December, very curious to see them! 

[EmilieT]

@Glory1 Oh I see, that's a good arrangement! I used ot not be able to wrap either, to the point where my family would laughably recognise what came from me vs what came from anybody else under the tree ... then I volunteered in a book shop to wrap books over the holidays one year and with some practice I can now decently wrap most things. It's quite a challenge sometimes though I agree 

@TallTrees

It's such a lovely idea to gift homemade treats! Do you also get some honey from your bees throughout the year you can put in nice pots and give out over the holidays? I also always wanted to try making fuge or honeycomb ... if you've done it yourself I'll take any tips you have 

[TallTrees]

Hi @EmilieT

My little bees don't produce honey they are pollinators and use all their pollen and nectar and leave

it with their off-spring to eat and morph into next generation of pollinating bees ~ 

Honey bees are more specialist.

However, making fudge is quite easy and  toffee with crushed peanuts in  is fabulous!  Easy to make toffee too.

Toffee broken up in pieces and put in a nice twist of clear paper with bow ~ looks good and tastes good too.

Honey is gorgeous and comes in jars from Lidl !!

Lots of best wishes TallTrees

[dgilbert2]

We're pretty much done. Mix of highstreet and online 

.... and not forgetting my list to Santa 

[Glory1]

Yes @EmilieT I was definitely the same. Everyone always knew my presents, they were the ones that looked as if they were wrapped by a 2 year old, a blind one 

[Cleoriff]

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@Glory1 wrote:

Yes @EmilieT I was definitely the same. Everyone always knew my presents, they were the ones that looked as if they were wrapped by a 2 year old, a blind one 

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Back in the day (love that expression) I was pretty good at wrapping presents. Lovely paper, always used to make my own bows...(none of those stick on ones) oh no....gift ribbon making the bows curl by running scissors down the thread...All presented beautifully...

Then with age, comes arthritis...and cronky fingers

Now I am swearing like a trooper... trying to hold the paper still, whilst making a pigs ear of the sellotape... which tends to stick everywhere except the parcel I'm wrapping...

[jonsie]

I'vge always been good at wrapping presents which I think goes ack to being 11years old and having to back all my books with brown paper at grammar school. These days though I can't even find the end of the damn sellotape!

[EmilieT]

@TallTrees

Oops, my bad! Thanks for the tip, I love peanuts and peanut butter so I might try to make toffee with peanuts, it does sound delicious 

@dgilbert2

It'll be a fairly relaxed December for you with no presents to worry about! I still have to find the right ones for my partners' family who we'll be spending Christmas with, but that's only 4-5 about of 12 left so not too bad 

@Glory1

@Cleoriff

Even without arthritis I find it hard to manipulate cellotape sometimes  I'm sure your presents still look amazing, they would need to to go under that gorgeous tree covered in lights!

@jonsie

That does sounds like you got a good few years of practice wrapping  Finding the end of the cellotape is impossible, I use a tape dispenser to keep track of it or tape it to the corner of the coffee table ... 

[dgilbert2]

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@EmilieT wrote:

@dgilbert2

It'll be a fairly relaxed December for you with no presents to worry about! I still have to find the right ones for my partners' family who we'll be spending Christmas with, but that's only 4-5 about of 12 left so not too bad 

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Well that's always the plan, never quite works out though, always some last minute panic 

Good luck with the remaining gifts 

[EmilieT]

@dgilbert2 Last year I was buying my last gift the day before Christmas so I can relate to the last minute panic you're referring to  Fingers crossed we'll both have a fully panic-free season!