OK, for those of you who celebrate Christmas, where do you stand on the following:
-Have you mailed out Christmas cards? -Are you finished with your Christmas shopping? -Are you finished wrapping?
My responses: No, no, no. But am printing out my christmas letter now. (no, not a long thing lauding all my accomplishments, just a jokey little note I put inside the cards).
Posted by theCrowsWife (Member # 8302) on :
Well, Serenity has been ordered and two-day shipping selected, so as far as I'm concerned I'm ready for Christmas
As far as getting other things ready, here's where I'm at:
I've got a couple more cards to mail out, which I will be doing Monday when I pick up my husband's birthday present from the post office.
I have one more gift certificate to get, and that will be it. However, my stepdad and brother both have birthdays right after Christmas so I need to get them something. Brother will be getting a gift certificate to IGMS, so that will be easy.
I have wrapped all but one of the Christmas presents, including stocking stuffers. I still have to wrap birthday presents as well, as soon as I get them all assembled.
So, overall I'm almost there.
--Mel
Posted by erosomniac (Member # 6834) on :
quote:Well, Serenity has been ordered and two-day shipping selected, so as far as I'm concerned I'm ready for Christmas
GOOD. CALL.
As for the other parts...I don't do cards, no, and no .
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
Sure, for certain values of "ready."
[ December 17, 2005, 07:28 PM: Message edited by: ElJay ]
Posted by Orincoro (Member # 8854) on :
wait... when is christmas... finals just finished
Posted by Kayla (Member # 2403) on :
Totally done.
Except for one gift. Of course, it's the one (and only one) my husband was in charge of, and I asked him to do it in August, but. . . Posted by Evie3217 (Member # 5426) on :
Not yet, but I will be. It's only a matter of time. Plus, I'm at school, so I won't wrap until I get home, which is on tuesday. I can wait to go home and wrap presents. It's one of my favorite parts or Christmas.
Posted by blacwolve (Member # 2972) on :
I actually prefer to do all of my shopping one or two days before Christmas. I love the atmosphere. (No, I'm really not kidding) So while I've got some little stuff done, I'm really no where near being finished.
Posted by Carrie (Member # 394) on :
I don't do cards, so that's a yes.
I'm mostly done with my sister's presents; I know what I want to get my parents. And that's all the presents I'll be doing...
Not even started wrapping. Pshaw!
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
As of today, yes to all.
Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
Not doing christmas cards, my mom isn't either.
I have bought most gifts, there are a few I haven't, I will by Thursday, I'm making quite a bit of stuff, but haven't gotten far on it either.
Wrapping? Ack I shove things in gift bags at the last second.
Posted by Black Mage (Member # 5800) on :
I did all my Christmas shopping for family and made fudge for all my friends.
Not only that, but I've strung Christmas lights around my ceiling and hung the gaudiest green and silver tinsel wreath in the store on my door.
Oh, and I've memorized every Christmas song I could find.
Pretty ready.
Posted by kojabu (Member # 8042) on :
I need to finish making my dad's scarf, but then I think I'm done. My parents take care of the Christmas card thing, I just sign the important ones (g-parents)
Posted by aiua (Member # 7825) on :
I'm so ahead of schedule: I gave out most of my presents already.
Posted by Theaca (Member # 8325) on :
Yes, yes, and no, I have to fly to Texas first in order to wrap the rest of them. But I'm working on that part.
Posted by Uprooted (Member # 8353) on :
Theaca, I think that counts as done! ;-)
I'm "sorta" finished with cards. That means I have one box of 40 cards ready to mail. There are 10-15 more I'd like to send, but I have to find addresses and get out another box of cards and stuff like that--so, realistically speaking, it might not be done.
I still have not wrapped any presents, and I have several left to buy. I'm not even counting the cleaning that has to be done around here before Christmas guests can arrive . . . this is gonna be one busy week!
Maybe next year I will be one of those of you I so admire who can say "I'm ready" a week ahead of time. I love Christmas, love everything about it, but I'm just too much of a procrastinator to feel ready--or maybe I just like that last minute adrenaline rush or something.
Posted by Shanna (Member # 7900) on :
I don't do cards.
I haven't started shopping though I do have gifts for one person picked out. Aside from my family, most of my gifts don't need to be ready til January when I go back to school.
And wrapping is great but when crunched for time, gift bags are lifesavers.
Personally, I'm ready for Christmas in the sense that I just got done with two hard weeks of finals, I'm home with my family, all I need now cookies and tv specials and I'm set.
Posted by JennaDean (Member # 8816) on :
I wanted to be ready before the kids got out of school, but ...
I still have not wrapped any presents, and I have several left to buy. I'm not even counting the cleaning that has to be done around here before Christmas . . . this is gonna be one busy week! Posted by Goody Scrivener (Member # 6742) on :
Main batch of cards are out and as I get cards from people that weren't in my primary list I'm getting those written. Most of those are from a multi-board swap and were people I didn't know from the one board I frequent of the 5 involved. My front door is more than half covered with cards already! (I display received cards by taping them to my door - and Jenna, both your card AND your artwork on the box wrapping are up there!)
Presents are almost done. I need an idea each for my SIL and my dad, and to get the requested gift card for my brother. Everything else is done - and in a whopping 24 hours with no gift cards yet. I think it's a personal record LOL.
Haven't started wrapping yet. Still working on cleaning house - I'm hosting. No ornaments on the tree because the kittens are absolutely enthralled with the tree and I don't want to redo it Christmas morning.
Going to do the last of my Christmas shopping and my grocery shopping tomorrow and what cleaning I can, and then attempt to keep up with the cleaning through the week. Next Saturday will really be insane...
Posted by kwsni (Member # 1831) on :
No, no and no. Any definition of ready you want to come up with, I am not ready.
Ni!
Posted by jennabean (Member # 8590) on :
YES, YES, and I wrap like a PRO, yo! Why would anyone procrastinate when it comes to shopping?
Posted by jennabean (Member # 8590) on :
And I just saw your post Goody, I'm glad you saved that!!! Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
Wrapping? Good lord Uprooted, there's still a week until Christmas.
I have almost all my presents bought, I'm still awaiting one to be shipped from Amazon for my mom, and I have to swing by Best Buy to pick up two more things for my best friend, which has to wait until the 23rd, when I get paid.
I don't do Christmas cards, maybe I will when I'm older. And again, wrapping, that's just crazy talk. I do all my wrapping on Christmas Eve.
Posted by Allegra (Member # 6773) on :
-Have you mailed out Christmas cards? Don't really do cards -Are you finished with your Christmas shopping? As of a few hours ago,Yes!! -Are you finished wrapping? Nope, but I kind of like wrapping.
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
Wrapping paper is a pain in the butt.
Shiny bows and ribbons however, those really kick a package up a notch or two. I'm all about the shiny.
Posted by Sharpie (Member # 482) on :
Ugh.
I have the beginnings of the urge to make a list. I also have a ratty little tree put up, but the cats keeping taking it down, so it's really more of a performance art.
Posted by Kayla (Member # 2403) on :
You know, I hate wrapping. I bought the present, isn't that enough? And it isn't just Christmas presents I hate wrapping. It's all presents.
See, this is another good reason to have a kid. Not only can he get you a beer or the remote control, you can tell him to wrap presents, too. Granted, they are interesting to look at, but they are wrapped. (And no, I don't drink beer, but I saw a comedian talk about it once. I do make him get up and find the remote occasionally.)
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
I like to send out Christmas cards and sometimes small gifts, but since my parents are being crazy about money right now (which is understandable, since they'll now have paid for me to relocate four times in the past six months), I don't know if I'll be able to do anything, since I have no income of my own.
-pH
Posted by romanylass (Member # 6306) on :
I am less than half way done with the throw I'm making my husband. I'll be drinking lots of coffee this week.
Posted by CaySedai (Member # 6459) on :
quote:Originally posted by kwsni: No, no and no. Any definition of ready you want to come up with, I am not ready.
I'm right there with kwsni.
Posted by Uprooted (Member # 8353) on :
I love wrapping! But Christmas is the only time I really do a passable job of it. That's because I'll set aside time from my life to wrap a bunch, and there is a whole lot of paper and ribbons and bows to choose from from my collection, and so on. Now, for a wedding or a b-day present--usually purchased VERY last minute, I don't have the proper stuff to wrap it with, and I'm rushing out the door late for the wedding or party or whatever with a terribly wrapped package or bad-looking gift bag.
Posted by Belle (Member # 2314) on :
Well, I didn't send Christmas cards this year, but all my purchasing is done. Still have some wrapping to do, and some mailing - I'm sending everything out priority mail tomorrow.
So, I'm in pretty good shape, except for one delivery that isn't here yet and it is beginning to make me nervous.
Posted by Space Opera (Member # 6504) on :
Yes Almost No
Ode to my own weirdness - you know how everyone is sending the holiday cards this year with pictures of their kids in them? Usually the kids are all dressed up nice in sweaters with snowmen on them, etc.
Not my kids. In our picture, Space Space Baby sits in his bouncy seat in between Boy Opera and Operaetta. All three of them are wearing fabric buckets on their heads (from one of SSB's toys). Our cards are signed, "Love, the bucketheads."
space opera
Posted by maui babe (Member # 1894) on :
I'm cheered by the fact that so many of you don't "do cards"... I haven't sent cards for years, and never did so especially regularly. I've gotten a lot of cr*p for it over the years, too, I always thought it was weird to get cards from people I barely knew, seldom saw, and didn't particularly like. And the cards would be pre-printed with their names, with NO extra message inside and the envelopes addressed with computer-printed labels. Yep, that shows me that you're thinking of me all right.
I got 4 Christmas cards this year, and my favorite one is from Hawaii Canines for Independence, who I contribute to when they have a booth at the mall in the spring each year. I love their card because it's a picture of two "service dogs in training" sitting on Santa's lap. I read the preprinted greetings and the signatures on all the others and threw them away. The HCI card is posted on my bulletin board, where it will stay until I get a new one next year.
Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
The years my mom does cards, they're only for people she knows she won't see between thanksgiving, and my birthday 1/20. They used to have pics of me in them, not anymore thank goodness. This year we did none
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
I have received a gift (which I haven't opened, but I'm pretty sure I know what it is) and a card, each from people I haven't even picked out cards for yet.
I should really do something about that.
-pH
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
quote:Originally posted by Sharpie: I also have a ratty little tree put up, but the cats keeping taking it down, so it's really more of a performance art.
Sharpie, for this one comment, I adore you. *snort*
quote:In our picture, Space Space Baby sits in his bouncy seat in between Boy Opera and Operaetta. All three of them are wearing fabric buckets on their heads (from one of SSB's toys). Our cards are signed, "Love, the bucketheads."
My four year old nephew last year was Bucket Boy with Fahim's niece being Bucket Girl. Kids are so adorable!
I'm ready for Christmas. But that's because... a. I don't mail gifts overseas for the most part. No one sends any to me, so it's all fair. b. I don't do cards. I keep feeling I should change that, and yet, I never do quite manage. c. The maid - a new one - is here cleaning as I type, so the place will be clean for Christmas even though I'm the only one who'll care d. Fahim doesn't celebrate Christmas, we don't do turkey and the rest of that lot, and we'll probably go out for Chinese or Indian that day just so Fahim can appease me e. My sister & her family and Fahim & I are doing our gift exchange the next time the lot of them are in town, which is April.
So, yeah. I'm ready. Posted by sweetbaboo (Member # 8845) on :
I'm NOT ready. The cards are out (I send them to people that I want to hear from), the shopping is done but I'm still trying to get the Christmas Eve pajamas sewn (yes, I thought I'd try that again this year, what was I thinking?) I also need to tie ribbons on gifts and box them up to take with us. Oh and I need to pack so we can leave tomorrow. Not to mention clean the house before we go (I have a hard enough time coming home, let alone to a dirty house) Calgon take me away!
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