A Guide to Christmas: Part Two- Christmas Shopping

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Here's part two of my Christmas guide for you! An easy, 5 step guide to help you with your holiday shopping! (I know, I probably should have put this out sooner than 5 days 'till Christmas. But hey.)

1.  If you buy online, ALWAYS buy it with at least two weeks to spare before Christmas. Even if it says "Order in the next 2 hours and 37 minutes to get it by _____________!"  It won't happen. The present won't get there in time. Also, I advise against buying things from out of your country. 

2. Don't do last minute shopping on Christmas Eve. It's a BAADDD idea. Everything will be sold out and you probably won't find anything. But if you do find something, it will probably be on sale for something REALLY cheap, like 95% off. Sound like a good deal? It's probably more like "Oh, this one got broken. Let's patch it up with bubble gum and then put it on the shelf for 95% off". And, when will you find time to wrap it? You'll also be very tired when it comes around to Christmas.

 3. If, however, you ignore my above stated advise, always expect the person in front of you in line to be really chatty and want to talk to the person checking them out for 20 minutes. Or they'll be on the phone, talking and laughing LOUDLY. Or your checkout person will be chatty and want to talk for hours.
 
4. Make sure you keep in touch with everyone else buying presents for immediate family so you don't end up with double presents. If you end up with double presents anyway, pretend to be absolutely thrilled. that sometimes works. If not, just smile and say how cute they are or something like that. Whatever you do, BE NICE about it.

5. When you run out of room under your tree, it's a good indication that more presents are not ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.  

Hope you have a good Christmas! Stay tuned for parts 3 and 4 of my Christmas guide. Thanks for reading!

NOTE: No elves were harmed in the making of this post.