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Subscribe to RSSNow that the holiday shopping season has officially begun, what’s your shopping strategy? Did you wake up at 4 a.m. on Friday to score bargains, are you going online today for “Cyber Monday” deals, or are you one of those amazingly organized people who finished their Christmas shopping last August?
Or – and here’s another option to ponder – are you trying to cut back on your holiday shopping this year, either to save money or simply because you don’t want to overwhelm your children with a ton of presents?
The TODAY Show reports that Cyber Monday, as today is known in the retail world, is expected to set sales records as more shoppers turn online (beats fighting crowds at the mall).
Here are some cute shopping sites to check out, suggested by the editors of Lucky magazine.
If you do brave the mall with your kids, here's an interesting post on how to turn the holiday madness into a teaching moment about good manners.
For a different take, The New York Times’ Motherlode blog has a great piece on how to give your children experiences, not just presents.
What’s your holiday shopping philosophy? Are you going big, or scaling back this year -- and why?
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My husband and I are cutting back this year to set a precendent - there's no need to overwhelm our kids with "stuff"! We are also buying more for children in need this year - each family member has chosen an "angel tree" reciepent to buy for.
I like the links posted at the end of the article... thanks for a great read!
Between end of the year birthdays and then Christmas I have decided to cut back on toys. Clothing is fine (I requested that for their birthdays), I have a few presents for each kid (ages 3-twins and 2) and one present for all 3 of them. I also purchased tickets for Disney on ice as a present, I am trying to show them gifts do not NEED to be toys. Also they are required to clean out the toy box and decide what toys can be donated to "babies". When they have so many toys they just sit in the toy box and don't get used anyway.