If I’m not seeing the person until after Christmas, I don’t stress about getting their gifts before Christmas.
I tend to be a last minute shopper and I may be buying gifts the day before I see the person. My work friends, I bought their gifts two days before I planned to exchange.
I really don’t need or want anything. If I do want something, I buy it for myself. I’m trying to reduce clutter and that’s one of my goals for the year. I asked a friend of mine last year if maybe she wanted to not exchange gifts with me. She said no, she loves opening the gifts I give her. That’s unfortunate, because I don’t need or want anything from her and I feel like it’s just an added stress to have to think about what to buy her.
My main thing is my twelve year old daughter. I know her friends are all going to be talking about what they got on Christmas day, so I have to make sure I have some good stuff for her.