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Now that Thanksgiving is over, Christmas preparation is fully allowed! Have you started your Christmas shopping yet? I’ve gotten a huge head start while I’ve been here in Maine (mostly online, I am NOT on board with Black Friday), so I’m feeling pretty prepared. The next few weeks will be about working on the creative gifts I have up my sleeve, which is always the fun part, and picking up the last few bits – at a leisurely pace.
I’m not a fan of the last minute scramble at all, but to Michael that was always his holiday tradition. Each year, his father would take the five kids out on Christmas Eve so that his mother could finish up last minute preparations with everyone out of her hair. So while I can’t think of anything worse than braving the crowds on Christmas Eve, I think it’s quite sweet that Michael and his siblings have such a fondness for doing ALL of their Christmas shopping the day before Christmas.
Today I’m sharing a little Christmas inspiration video from Marks & Spencer. I, of course, didn’t know about Marks & Spencer until I moved to Dublin, and some of my first memories of the first Christmas here in Ireland involve shopping on Grafton Street and browsing the basement Food Hall at M&S. Grafton Street was just about the only street I could find when I first moved here, and M&S was just so festive. They’re ready this year with lots of Christmas gift inspiration to save you from that last minute gift scramble. For more Christmas gift inspiration, visit them online or in store.
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I, too, thought the idea of shopping on the eve of christmas tortuous! However, the hours to myself in the house while hubby and young ones out and occupied was a present in itself! And the daddy bonding time and memories…well as MasterCard puts it: priceless. -The MIL