Thanks to online sites like Amazon, gift shopping has never been easier. You can even have the items arrive already wrapped. Easy Peasy. I do a majority of mine online now, due to health issues, but I still love to get out and enjoy all the sites and sounds of the season.
What I don't understand is everyone getting so stressed and grumpy. Fighting over gifts and parking spaces...why?? If it makes you that miserable, do the rest of us a favor and shop online. I happened to be in a store recently, humming along to a Christmas song playing on the sound system, when a 
women walked past me and said (loud enough to be sure I heard it) "I am so sick of Christmas music". I wanted to shake her and say "Are you kidding me?", but instead, I smiled and wished her a Merry Christmas.
My daughter and son-in-law are expecting the arrival of their baby any day now. They have been getting very stressed with remodeling and trying to get the baby's room completed, set up and decorated before she arrives. I told them "I know this one couple who were on a trip when she went in to labor. Due to a major event in town, all hotel rooms were booked and she ended up having her baby in a barn. No crib, no curtains, and no cute decorations on the walls." By this time, they knew who I was referring to. I added "If an old barn is good enough for a king, the room you have for your baby is more than enough just as it is.
The only thing left to do in the nursery is to put the trim around the floor and windows, but they are now taking a break and will finish that after the holidays are over. They are enjoying the season and their time together.
My Christmas wish is that everyone would be able to take a step back and enjoy the season.
Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night.
