Christmas- When do you?

[halcyondays]

start buying presents?
finish buying presents?
buy, write and actually send Xmas cards?
plan Xmas dinner?
buy Xmas food?
put up your tree?
anything else I've forgotten?

start buying presents?
finish buying presents?
buy, write and actually send Xmas cards?
plan Xmas dinner?
buy Xmas food?
put up your tree?
anything else I've forgotten?

Now.
Last year I was still having same day delivery from Amazon Prime on Christmas Eve
Two weeks before.
I've already planned dinner and booked Ocado delivery for theee days before so if they have any no shows I have a chance to get them.
Tree goes up 1st December.

forgot to ask
When do you wrap presents?
fill stockings?

Presents wrapped a week or two before. Stockings filled on the night.

start buying presents? Started about a month ago, but only because I’m pregnant and due at Christmas so wanted to be organised this year. Normally December.
finish buying presents? Hmm... mid December?
buy, write and actually send Xmas cards? I don’t.
plan Xmas dinner? I don’t. DH cooks Christmas dinner but don’t think he ‘plans’ it. We’ll have a chat maybe mid December about what we want then he’ll go to the farm shop and order it. Usually fillet of beef for something.
buy Xmas food? We don’t buy that much extra. Meat will be ordered from the farm shop and picked up on around the 23rd. Will get veg from the farm shop around the same time. Usually order a dessert from M&S
put up your tree? Around the second weekend in December
anything else I've forgotten?

When do you wrap presents? Normally after mid December then they’ve all been bought. Will attempt it a bit earlier this year as massively pregnant
fill stockings? Christmas Eve

start buying presents?
July
finish buying presents?
October
buy, write and actually send Xmas cards?
Buy in January for the following year for dds school write them end of nov and put them in the school post box

Hand made cards get made 1st week in dec for nursery teachers, dance school teachers, grandparents

plan Xmas dinner?

We go to ils but do boxing day here no real planning needed

buy Xmas food?

Green grocers will be the saturday before, butchers same, supermarket will be sunday.

put up your tree?

2nd dec this year

Anything else I've forgotten?

-wrap presents soon as i can usually done by oct however as dd is a little older this year (4) weve had to be a bit last min as she changes her mind

• book festive outings - june usually panto is done year on year at the panto, santa visit as soon as chosen venue becomes available

start buying presents? Now, so mid- late November

finish buying presents? mid December usually

buy, write and actually send Xmas cards? 1st week December

plan Xmas dinner? I've been thinking about it for the last week or so & I'll write a final list in the next week or so.

buy Xmas food? usual tesco delivery day is a Thursday so will probably be the 20th this year. We always pop to the local farm shop for sausages, bacon & pork pie on Christmas Eve.

put up your tree? depends what day my birthday falls on as we don't put it up until at least 4 days after. This year it'll go up 15th.

anything else I've forgotten? I try to wrap & hide as I go along.

start buying presents?
Beginning of November, usually.

finish buying presents?
I like to have everything bought by the first week in December.

buy, write and actually send Xmas cards?
I buy my Christmas cards whenever I see some that I like (bought this year’s a couple of weeks ago). I’ll write and send them mid-December. (Only send about 10).

plan Xmas dinner?
I’m lucky, we still go to family so never actually cook Christmas dinner ourselves.

buy Xmas food?
I start buying as soon as I see it in the shops, can’t help myself!

put up your tree?
Usually the first weekend in December. It’ll be the 1st Dec this year!

anything else I've forgotten?
Wrapping! I love choosing my Christmas wrapping paper early, and I like wrapping presents around the beginning of December.

I start looking out for present bargains around September/October to kick things off. I'm usually finished buying gifts by the end of November.

I buy cards in the January sales. Write them out towards the end of November and send them second class the first week of December.

My parents cover Christmas dinner, though I'll sit down with my dad and plan it all in mid November so that we can get our order forms in nice and quickly. This means we get a much earlier collection time come Christmas Eve, and can avoid the bedlam shops for the rest of the day! We put our turkey/nibbles order in this weekend.

We stockpile various food and drink throughout November/December to spread the costs. Any fresh bits (veg, nibbles, short shelf life, etc.) are bought the day before Christmas Eve, and the turkey collected early on Christmas Eve day.

Tree goes up on 1st December if it falls on a Friday/Saturday/Sunday. If not, it goes up on whatever weekend falls closest to the 1st.

I wrap presents as I go. I'd be sobbing into a bottle of Baileys trying to tackle it all in one sitting!

DD's stocking is filled on Christmas Eve as soon as she's asleep

start buying presents? - Around October
finish buying presents? - Try to be done by the end of November
buy, write and actually send Xmas cards? - Buy when they go on 3 for 2 at work, anytime mid to late November. Write and send first week of Dec.
plan Xmas dinner? - We always have the same so not much planning needed!
buy Xmas food? - The week leading in. Nibbles start a bit earlier.
put up your tree? - Approx 2 weekends before Christmas, so this year most likely 8th/9th.
Wrap presents - spread through December as I hate it and can only do 2 or 3 in one go before losing my temper!
Fill stockings - Xmas eve

start buying presents? - all year round. I’ve even bought more than a year in advance, where I’d got a jewellery Black Friday bargain that was perfect for someone I’d already bought for.

finish buying presents? - mid nov. I’m on strike after that.

buy, write and actually send Xmas cards? - buy and write in Jan, send if I remember in dec

plan Xmas dinner? - anytime really. The actual menu doesn’t change much year on year.

buy Xmas food? - non perishables replenished oct/nov, fresh bought Christmas Eve as soon as shops open.

put up your tree? - early dec

When do you wrap presents? - as I buy them. Or if there’s a back log, a lazy Saturday in December watching Christmas movies and drinking Baileys.

fill stockings? - Christmas Eve

Start buying November
Finish buying early December
Buy Xmas cards November
Write & send - mid December
Ice cake - mid December
Make mince pies & cranberry compote - early December
Buy and put up tree - second weekend in December
Wrap presents - after tree up so mid December
Plan food and buy - Ocado slot booked, usually DH picks up a turkey on his way home from work in C London, loads on shelves
Xmas stockings - stupid o’clock Xmas Eve as teens never sleep!

I'll probably do an online present shop this weekend, as for [reasons] I am seeing my family Christmas 2 weeks before the 25th.

I'll wrap them at some point after they all arrive.

Cards at same time.

Tree - not bothering (am enduring rather than enjoying Christmas this year )

Food - I'll probably pick up some nice steak or similar the week before. Maybe a chicken. And I'll do trimmings because I like them as leftovers!

start buying presents?
Probably October half term I start but I like to wait until Black Friday or when it's at it's best price.
Wrapping probably a week before hand.
buy, write and actually send Xmas cards?
I start once the Xmas decorations are up or once we receive the first one in the post.
plan Xmas dinner?
Doesn't really need much planning as same thing each year
buy Xmas food?
Turkey pre order and pick up close to Christmas Eve. Food shop done seperately depending when oh is off and home early.
put up your tree?
Normally round 1st December depending when oh is off.

start buying presents?
Summer
finish buying presents?
End of November/ early December
buy, write and actually send Xmas cards?
Buy- January sales, write - Early to mid December, post- mid December. May not bother this year.
plan Xmas dinner?
September
buy Xmas food?
Throughout December
put up your tree?
Will be 9th December this year

start buying presents?January, we buy all year because our financial situation massively changed - gone from two wages to living on benefits. DD1’s birthday is the 28th December so we have to buy for that too.

finish buying presents? When I’m done tbh have no set date. I actually finished by September this year. I do have an amount put aside in case the DD’s drop a bomb she’ll present on me though.

buy, write and actually send Xmas cards? we only send cards to our parents so get them as and when we see them.

plan Xmas dinner? we have more or less the same every year so no planning needed.

buy Xmas food? I do an online order as soon as the slots become available and faff around with it until the cut off to get the best deals

put up your tree? 1st December

When do you wrap presents? When DH gets round to it, I buy, he wraps

fill stockings at some point Christmas Eve

Shots I have family doing The Christmas Visit this coming weekend .

start buying presents? Early November but I've been buying DD Beauty Advent items since Sept. Already got her dressing gown when I saw a nice one .

finish buying presents? Mid Dec maybe?

buy, write and actually send Xmas cards? I don;t , apart from DParents

plan Xmas dinner? I look at the magazines end Nov then cook the same things anyway

buy Xmas food? late Dec, I have a day booked off the week before Christmas . Anything that is on offer and I can store I'll buy now though

put up your tree? After DS birthday , usually 10-14 days before Christmas

anything else I've forgotten? Days out , spread over Dec, shopping in London with DD, 23rd Dec, shopping in Lakeside/Bluewater with DD- now -we avoid weekends unless its a late one

Wrapping - usually a week before
Stockings- might try for the Friday befoew

start buying presents? Usually November, after our anniversary which is early on
finish buying presents? When we finish! Sometimes still getting last bits in the days before
buy, write and actually send Xmas cards? All early December
plan Xmas dinner? We will be hosting for the first time this year so have been planning since July!
buy Xmas food? Turkey has been ordered, the rest we will try to do in the week before. We're not afraid of a Xmas Eve dash! We have been stockpiling wine for a month though...
put up your tree? First weekend in December

start buying presents? First shop after Christmas day

finish buying presents? Around end Oct

buy, write and actually send Xmas cards? I mske all my cards, write in Oct, send 1/12

plan Xmas dinner? Oct

buy Xmas food? From Sept

put up your tree? Nearest weekend to 1/12
anything else I've forgotten?

Start wrapping? Nov

start buying presents? - Start of November
finish buying presents? Start of December
buy, write and actually send Xmas cards? Ideally never, usually start of December
plan Xmas dinner? Early December for our christmas food
buy Xmas food? 23rd/24th for fresh stuff, other stuff the week before
put up your tree? around the 15th December
Wrap presents - When DH is on his Christmas night out so I get peace to get on with it

All presents are already bought and wrapped

Xmas dinner is ordered and will be collected at 830 Xmas eve

The tree will go up, whatever day my day of is , in the middle of December

start buying presents?
Whenever I see something that's perfect for someone - so in theory I might buy one present in May and nothing else til November

finish buying presents?
A few days before Christmas - occasionally Christmas Eve though depending how work has been in the run-up

buy, write and actually send Xmas cards?
Buy in early December, usually write and send them a couple of days before the last posting date after a lot of swearing and ringing round for addresses

plan Xmas dinner?
Now - we're usually at my parents house so we agree between us what we want and who buys what

buy Xmas food?
During December

put up your tree?
Around the 2nd weekend in December

anything else I've forgotten?
Bake the Christmas cake is another one on my list - will be doing that this weekend

start buying presents? June ish .. just stocking bits and anything I see cheap
finish buying presents? Couple weeks before xmas
buy, write and actually send Xmas cards? Buy - in the sale the year before. Write and send would be just around the beginning of Dec
plan Xmas dinner? Going out for Xmas dinner. No planning
buy Xmas food? Iv been buying nibbles and stuff now for a couple weeks
put up your tree? 1st Dec
anything else I've forgotten? Wrap presents through Dec.