Originally Posted by KarenR
Is there a reason we can not give gifts early? I know it would be nice to give a gift early with the understanding that it was her Christmas gift, and let her use it and show it off. I personally think that getting a gift every know and then is better than many at one time. Each one means more if they are received one at a time. This is just my opionion.
A very good friend and I exchange birthday and Christmas gifts each year. It is getting harder and harder to find things to give because the older we get the more we just enjoy each other's company by going out to eat or shopping together. Well, last year I got tickets to see a stage ballet production of The Nutcracker. So that was her Christmas gift 3 weeks early. We thoroughly enjoyed the production and she was very appreciative. But I felt like Scrooge when Christmas Day rolled around and I didn't have a gift for her. I knew then that I should have gotten just a little something to give her that day. Bummer.