JollyGG

For us it depends on which family we are with for Christmas. My family - Presents are opened Christmas eve. Santa comes during Midnight Mass. We opened presents at my brothers place last year and his wife insisted on doing present opening on Christmas morning. That was painful for all since we had been up so late for Mass. Getting up early with the kids was really no fun. So I see why we do Christmas Eve. Husbands family - Presents are opened Christmas morning. Santa comes overnight while the kids sleep. We do an earlier Mass time with them so getting up early to open presents is fun. Because Santa comes at night in both instances my kids aren't confused at all. But even if he came at different times my kids are pretty good at understanding that different families have different traditions.

We have aunts and uncles and grandparents who buy gifts for the kids. So we plan only buy 1, they buy one for each other, and Santa gets them one. They also have stockings. I usually end up giving them a few extra things but they probably don't get more than 5-6 from my husband and I. Each set of grandparents get them 2-3 gifts each, and each set of aunts and uncles gives them each a gift. I allowed myself to get them 10-12 from us one year and it felt like to much at Christmas. They were little then and got a little overwhelmed. They are bigger now so wouldn't get so overwhelmed. But we prefer to be able to buy gifts for those aunts and uncles and grandparents so don't choose to spend as much on our own family. We try really hard to keep the focus on giving. They have a nice Christmas with plenty to open and they get to participate in in giving gifts to the rest of our family and it all stays at a price we can afford. All told, we spend $600-700 on Christmas about $100 of that per kid. The kids get around 15=16 gifts total, 4-6 of those being from our household.

That sounds like a fantastic idea. My kids always give something they made themselves. One year we did hot chocolate mixes and homemade marshmallows, another year little flower pots they decorated. It's always something they made themselves. Plus who doesn't love honey.

Yep. I used mine along with the 60% off for two robes for the kids. Also suggested to hubby that Santa might think about doing the same to get me a new robe. However, I can't figure out why the coupon wouldn't work on the wallet I bought for hubby this afternoon.

I would request that they change your shipping for you at no extra charge as you intended this to be a Christmas present and ordered it in plenty of time with the understanding that their website was accrue. I'd ask them to send it 2 day shipping at a minimum.

Mom and Dad - each got an Amazon gift card to use on their Kindles Brother1 and SIL- a fire pit from Home Depot (other than the gift cards the only think I bought full price) Brother2 and SIL - Heated Blankets from Target Husbands Sister - Cook books and cookie pan from Lowe's Husbands Brother - an ornament (haven't gotten it yet, but since they don't get anything for us there's no hurry) MIL - Jewelry chains from JCPenny. Evidentially she has pendants but has broken all her chains. I got her one gold and one silver. FIL - Binocular camera Godson1 - Cheep digital camcorder from Sears Godson2 and his brother - Puppet theater from Target Nephew1 - Amazon gift card Nephew2 - Ski lessons Teachers, my boss, babysitter, etc. - Fudge The family I see at Christmas will get a roll of Velcro cable ties each as stocking stuffers. The kids made homemade lip balm to give to all of the above from them. DD age4 - Zoobles, Barbie car, PJs, Jeans, necklace, Barbie and a whole bunch of outfits DS age7 - Lego Harry Potter Wii, Cubscout stuff such as new shirt and belt loop display, PJs, robot grasshopper, Jeans, Swim Suit, Bakugan, DH - Camcorder, SD card, a couple of DVD's of TV series, and a wallet

My understanding is that he already has one of those, even if she is back in MS.

We decided to exceed our budget and get him ski lessons - http://www.terrypeak.com/activities/lessons/adultlessons/Index.cfm I ran it past his mom since I didn't want to go over what we planned to spend unless she thought he would love it and she thinks it will be his favorite present.

I have all my shopping done except for my nephew. He just moved in with his Mom in South Dakota having moved from his Dad's in Mississippi. I want to spend around $25 and am having trouble finding anything I really like for him in that price range. He's been living with his Dad so I don't know him that well and can't tell you a whole lot about what he is in to.

This item will be released on February 15, 2011. So if you order it on Amazon you will actually be pre-ordering it. There is no way to have the actual game for Christmas.

Thanks

I am feeling very uncreative this year. I'm trying to figure out what to give my son's teacher. So what is everyone getting for their kid's teacher(s)?

The $10 off of $50 or more worked for me APPLEAD. The site was really really slow. I couldn't do ship to store as my item must come straight from the supplier (who would have figured on a pea coat,) so I did have to pay shipping. But I'm happy.

Darn our ad was a bit different in the paper. The binocular camera I wanted to get for my father in law to bird watch from his back deck with aren't in it. I guess it's off to JCP for a pair of them instead.

I've been checking back all morning to see if you got permission to post it yet. Now I no longer have to have hubby search it out on bit torrent.

Staples - Our store is way too small and way to poorly laid out. It takes forever to get in and out of there.

Fantastic.

Wow. I just checked it out. It's amazing.

Size 1 sounds about correct for the "Right Fit" if she normally wears a 12-14. The "right fit" has it's own sizing system. I love those jeans. They fit great. I was just on Lane Bryant's webpage and they have B1G1F plus free shipping on orders over $75 online today only.

Okay I feel a little slow. I understand now.

Okay did anyone else notice in the ad that a group of deals goes from 12-1. I know at ours they sometimes have a line long enough that one hour would never be enough time to find what you want and make it all the way through line. I've never been to TRU for black Friday but the way I understand it at ours the line snakes through the whole store on Black Friday morning. So is 1 hour really long enough to run a deal?

My mom hates cooking. It's a well know fact among our entire extended family. This particular year she was also following a low carb. diet. She got a years subscription to "Bon Appetit" and a box of candy. Other years we have just gotten wierd, non age appropriate things. As a child I got a purse and wallet. As a teen I got awooden, painted, chuncky bracelet that looked appropriate for a young child.

thanks so much

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