I definitely do not go overboard. I have a Christmas budget and stick to it - makes me feel much better about the holidays knowing I stayed within my price range and have no charge card bills haunting me afterwards
My personal opinion only - I hate Boscov's! A lot of the items they sell at our local store appear to be seconds. A few people I know that were previously managers there confirmed my suspicions.
I believe a few stores offered a few things last year, but IMHO they weren't worth racing out to those stores to stand in line. I stuck with the stores that offered the most bang for the buck!:)