Want avoid a festive season freakout this Christmas? We’re here to help! Follow along for the next six weeks as we countdown to Christmas with easy-to-tick-off tasks. From stockpiling pressies to getting your home in the holiday spirit, we’ve got it your Chrissy prep covered. What are you waiting for? Press play on the Bublé and let’s get started!
Week 3: Buy at least one gift…
Quick question: Have you started buying your Christmas gifts yet? If you’re like, ‘Yeah nah, I’ve still got heeeaaps of time for that…’ we’re going to leave this gentle reminder here: It’s only six weeks ‘til Christmas. SIX. WEEKS. To get all your gifts sorted. To organise your festive feast. To wrap up all your end-of-year work projects. To see every single person you’ve ever met, who suddenly wants to ‘catch-up before Christmas’.
So, if you want to avoid a heap of new grey hairs courtesy of a stressed-out festive season, you might want to start ticking gifts off your list, like, right now. No need to go overboard and finalise pressies for everyone. Keep it simple and start with one gift. Whether it’s something for your mum, dad, grandma or teenage cousin, locking down your first Christmas present will put you on such a super-organised high that you’ll practically feel like Santa.
Need a bit of giftspo to get you started? We’ve pulled together a collection of our favourite gifts for all your key peeps.
Gifts for mum
1. XL Clutch in Leaves Print 2. ‘Hiding Out From Little People’ Decanter 3. Mumma and Mini Matching Swimsuit Set 4. Personalised Family Tree Necklace
Gifts for dad
1. Personalised Leather Watch Box 2. Two of a Kind Negroni Cocktails and Glasses Set 3. ‘I Couldn’t Pick A Better Dad’ Engraved Guitar Pick 4. Silicone Toiletry Organiser
Gifts for grandma
1. Personalised Gardening Gloves 2. Personalised Family Names Heart Necklace 3. ‘My Favourite People Call Me Grandma’ Ceramic Mug 4. Hand Wash and Body Wash Gift Set
Gifts for grandad
1. ‘The Grandfather’ Men’s T-shirt 2. Personalised Whisky Glass Tumbler 3. ‘Best Grandad’ Personalised Message Handkerchiefs 4. Personalised Solid Oak Photo Frame
Gifts for teens
1. Pretty Useful Tools Manicure Kit 2. Edition K 1,000-piece Puzzle 3. Commute Wireless Bluetooth Headphones 4. Personalised Boys’ Thongs
Gifts for kids
1. Personalised Rocket Bento Box 2. Personalised Circus Name Train 3. Colour-In World Map Pillowcase 4. Personalised Children’s Wooden Tool Belt Toy
Don’t forget the added extras!
While you’re on Mission: Christmas Gift Buying, don’t forget all the little extras you’re going to need before you pop those presents under the tree. Think cards, gift tags, wrapping paper, sticky tape and ribbon. Wrapping gifts as soon as you buy them is a great way to avoid that last-minute gift wrap chaos – plus, it’ll keep your pressies protected from any prying eyes that just happened to find their way to the back of that top shelf in your wardrobe…
1. Bauble Gift Tags 2. Personalised Christmas Dog Wrapping Paper 3. Personalised Narwhal Christmas Gift Tag 4. Christmas Card (Set of 10)
Playing catch-up? Here’s what we’ve already done…
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