1. Start shopping now! If you haven't started shopping yet, you are already behind in making your holidays easier.
2. Make a Christmas budget: Set it now, and put it away. Pull the money from it as needed to buy your Christmas gifts.
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3. Sit down with your spouse and go over what you are getting for each other's families. Write it down.
4. Start acquiring little things(stocking stuffers, gift cards, decorations). This will save you huge headaches later on. Stock on up your honey's favorite things(what candy does he/she like? Favorite movie you have seen this year? Where he/she gets coffee every morning? Get those things now. See a set of ornaments you love? Pick them up now.
Here are some more ideas: 200 stocking stuffer ideas
5. Money is always tight around the holidays- shopping a little bit at a time in the months before Christmas will save your bank account and your sanity as they get closer.
6. Shop your local grocery store for gift cards. Often you get discounts on your gas just by buying your gift cards from the store. Gas discounts = happy wallet
7. You never know where you will find awesome things. We have picked up over half of our Christmas gifts on either Groupon, NoMoreRack, or at our local flea market. Kids don't care if the toy has been previously used and your brother's wife isn't going to care that you paid less than 30% for that gorgeous necklace(wash the toy before giving it to the child).
8. Cross the things off the Christmas list that you have taken care of. It makes you feel awesome.
9. Get small things in advance. You're going to need something for a white elephant or gift exchange at your office, church, club etc. Picking up a few extra gift cards or toys for giving to charity now means less of a financial and shopping headache later on down the line.
Here are some examples: . /50-hilarious-and-creative-white-elephant-gift-ideas
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