Christmas shopping online might or might not be for everyone. This article shows how doing it online, enhances your overall Christmas experience!

Written by Ebe Heng


Christmas shopping online is not for you? If you are one of those that share this thought, you probably like to enjoyrepparttar atmosphere of physical shopping. Doing your Christmas shopping online despite all its convenience, lackrepparttar 110815 festive mood. The convenience of online shopping has reducedrepparttar 110816 shopping experience to a browse and click mode, no mood and very little atmosphere.

So, you might think that despiterepparttar 110817 staggering numbers that shows how many people are actually doing their Christmas shopping online, they are just a minority out ofrepparttar 110818 entire Christmas shopping population. Well, while I do not haverepparttar 110819 statistics to back this up –this thinking is likely to be true

To ascertainrepparttar 110820 fact thatrepparttar 110821 Christmas shopping online folks are really a sub-set ofrepparttar 110822 Christmas shopping crowd, just visit Marcy’s, Barnes and Noble or one ofrepparttar 110823 large departmental stores duringrepparttar 110824 pre-Christmas period, andrepparttar 110825 crowd you see would highlightrepparttar 110826 fact that a very large proportion of shoppers are still doing their shopping offline.

And of course, it is this crowd that give rise torepparttar 110827 Christmassy feelings. Never mind that you have to wait an hour to find a parking lot or half an hour to pay for your purchases, this feeling enhanced byrepparttar 110828 jingles that floodrepparttar 110829 stores is something that doing your Christmas shopping online would never be able to offer.

Having said so much aboutrepparttar 110830 value of shopping physically, are there any merits to doing your Christmas shopping online? Yes, from my own experience there are at least two major contributions that doing your Christmas shopping online can provide.

First, Christmas shopping online eliminatesrepparttar 110831 hassle of browsing and deciding at absolutely ground zero onrepparttar 110832 spot. Imagine you are doing shopping with only a vague idea of what to buy for whom and your only reference is some scribbling on a post-it note.

Enter online Christmas shopping, and you are able to browse online and zero in onrepparttar 110833 category of items that you would like to get for your love ones. One ofrepparttar 110834 biggest value of Internet is it allows you to conduct your research and craft a comprehensive list of items that you would like to get for your love ones. So that, when you are doing it physically, all you have to do is to choose fromrepparttar 110835 different brands and decide onrepparttar 110836 ones that haverepparttar 110837 best value. Thus, saving time and allowing you to buy for more people in lesser trips.

THE GRATITUDE WREATH

Written by Rondi Hillstrom Davis and Janell Sewall Oakes


Bring a little bit of autumn indoors. Family and friends help create this wreath by sharing what they are thankful for on brightly colored leaves. Every member ofrepparttar family can contribute to this beautiful wreath. This is a great, concrete, visual way to put meaning back inrepparttar 110814 holidays for children.

Materials: 18-inch diameter straw wreath Fall leaves 1 or 2 metallic paint pens 3 1/2-yards of 1/4-inch elastic 1 straight pin

Directions

1. Fill a large grocery sack with sturdy fall leaves.

2. As a base, use an 18-inch diameter straw wreath.

3. Wraprepparttar 110815 wreath withrepparttar 110816 elastic. Start by securing one end ofrepparttar 110817 elastic torepparttar 110818 top ofrepparttar 110819 wreath with a long straight pin. Wraprepparttar 110820 elastic aroundrepparttar 110821 wreath at 3-inch intervals. The elastic should be snug againstrepparttar 110822 straw, but not too tight. Once you have gone allrepparttar 110823 way aroundrepparttar 110824 wreath, tierepparttar 110825 ends ofrepparttar 110826 elastic together.

4. Using a paint pen onrepparttar 110827 leaves, have each member ofrepparttar 110828 family write down what they are most thankful for.

5. Starting atrepparttar 110829 top and working clockwise, tuckrepparttar 110830 stems of two or three leaves into each band of elastic. Try to arrangerepparttar 110831 leaves so that no elastic or straw shows. This wreath should take about 15 minutes to construct. Hangrepparttar 110832 finished wreath onrepparttar 110833 front door and celebrate all of your family's blessings.

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