For me, Christmas shopping is a year-long ordeal that starts the day after Christmas and ends the day before the next one.
This gives me plenty of time to make the most of sales and promotional offers throughout the entire year, making sure I get something for everyone on my list.
I give myself up until the final day before to make sure I didn’t forget anyone, but surprisingly I finished early this year. After a full morning of store hopping to make all the stops I needed I managed to make the last purchase I needed. When you finally finish with an important task like that it’s a great relief. Once all my bags were brought in I wanted to relax in the toasty, comforting heat of my furnace, but I still had work to do. So, while I was able to adjust my thermostat to send hot air through the vents, slowly heating up my home from where the furnace was inactive all morning, it wasn’t time to relax yet. All of the new items I had brought in needed wrapped and labeled. Everyone had a different type of wrapping paper designated to them so that it’d be easy to tell who the present belonged to, and once wrapped I topped each box with a bow made of curly ribbons and stuck a to-from nametag on each. The shiny, colorful paper looked incredible, if I do say so myself; the beautifully wrapped presents were always my favorite part of Christmas. With my shopping done and wrapping completed, I was finally able to kick back and bask in the lovely warmth produced by my furnace, enjoying the toasty atmosphere and Christmassy atmosphere.