As you can see in the timer above Christmas is not doing anything but getting closer by the second. If your like most people I know as Christmas approaches every year you might find yourself saying “Next year I’m not doing this! I’m going to start my shopping early so I can be done and not have to worry about it!” This could be the year those of us who make that promise won’t be at the mall on Christmas Eve. Maybe some of us will keep that promise!
When you think about it, it is just not fair that Santa has his strategy in place to get everyone’s gifts ready by Christmas Eve. Not only that but he’s always smiling! If your like me, your almost bald, pulling your hair out when you look at the calendar and its the 1st of November. Digging into what little savings we have trying to get money together for “Black Friday”. So why not learn a lesson from Santa and get organized for our Christmas Shopping NOW!
With so many online shopping outlets like “Buy.com” and “Amazon.com” it can help us all get a little bit more organized. For those of you who aren’t up to date with online shopping, did you know that many of the “Black Friday” sale items were as cheap or cheaper on Amazon every day!
What is Christmas?
Christmas is an annual commemoration of the birth of Jesus Christ celebrated generally on December 25th as a religious and cultural holiday by billions of people around the world. A feast central to the Christian liturgical year, it closes the Advent season and initiates the twelve days of Christmastide.Christmas is a civil holiday in many of the world's nations is celebrated by an increasing number of non-Christians and is an integral part of the Christmas and holiday season.
The precise day of Jesus' birth, which historians place between 7 and 2 BC, is unknown In the early-to-mid 4th century, the Western Christian Church first placed Christmas on December 25, a date later adopted also in the East Theories advanced to explain that choice include that it falls exactly nine months after the Christian celebration of the conception of Jesus or that it was selected to coincide with either the date of the Roman winter solstice or of some ancient pagan winter festival.
The original date of the celebration in Eastern Christianity was January 6, in connection with Epiphany, and that is still the date of the celebration for the Armenian Apostolic Church and in Armenia, where it is a public holiday. As of 2011, there is a difference of 13 days between the modern Gregorian calendar and the older Julian calendar. Those who continue to use the Julian calendar or its equivalents thus celebrate December 25 and January 6 on what for the majority of the world is January 7 and January 19. For this reason, Ethiopia, Russia and Ukraine celebrate Christmas, both as a Christian feast and as a public holiday, on what in the Gregorian calendar is January 7.
The popular celebratory customs associated in various countries with Christmas have a mix of pre-Christian, Christian and secular themes and origins Popular modern customs of the holiday include gift giving, Christmas music and carolling, an exchange of Christmas cards, church celebrations, a special meal, and the display of various decorations, including Christmas trees, lights, nativity scenes, garlands, wreaths, mistletoe, and holly. In addition, several closely related and often interchangeable figures, known as Santa Claus, Father Christmas, Saint Nicholas and Kris Cringle among other names, are associated with bringing gifts to children during the Christmas season and have their own body of traditions and lore.[20] Because gift-giving and many other aspects of the Christmas festival involve heightened economic activity among both Christians and non-Christians, the holiday has become a significant event and a key sales period for retailers and businesses. The economic impact of Christmas is a factor that has grown steadily over the past few centuries in many regions of the world. Ask yourself the following questions and if you don’t mind please email your answers to me at cj@myshoppinggeniemagic.net so I can help with better shopping tips.
1. What would your perfect Christmas shopping “season” be like?
2. What would it feel like to have ALL your Christmas shopping done early?
3. What would your holiday season be like if you were finished with ALL of your shopping?
I’d bet once you hit that point your dog isn’t walking around with fake antlers and your not in the “Grinch” mindset like so many people are every year, Are You??? Probably not, instead your probably singing Christmas carols in a Rudolph the Rain-deer sweater drinking on some egg nog (yeah ok, I might have went overboard with the sweater but hey… …why not)
Now that we’re done with that fun exercise let’s look at the fastest, easiest and cheapest way to get your shopping done early for Christmas.
Time to cover some bullet points…
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