Taking the stress out of your Christmas shopping!

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   Make a list of the gifts you want to buy before you go shopping. If you wait for inspiration, you could find yourself wandering aimlessly and impulse-buying, thereby spending more than you planned.

2. Plan your gifts around the interests of family and friends to help you choose.

3. Cross people off the list as you buy to avoid duplication or extras.

4. If possible, do your Christmas shopping early – in the first week of December or even in November. Some well-organised people do their Christmas shopping gradually over the course of the year, starting with the post-Christmas sales.

5. Buy your gifts online and shop local if possible.