There is always so much to do during the holiday season.
It seems there is no end to the number of people we need to shop for.
Family, friends, teachers, co-workers.
The list goes on and on.
The best way to deal with the stress of all this gift buying is to create organized Christmas lists for who you need to shop for and a list for each person.
Start out by listing all the people you need to buy a gift or gifts for.
Here is a typical list to get you started: 1) Your son.
2) Your daughter.
3) Your spouse.
4) Your mother.
5) Your father.
6) Your sister.
7) Your brother.
8) Your grandmother.
9) Your boss.
10) Your best friend.
11) Your family name exchange.
12) Your sons teachers and coaches.
13) Your daughters teachers and coaches.
Look at all those people.
You may be a grandparent with 20 grandchildren or more.
No wonder there is so much stress during the holidays.
The next thing you will do is on a separate page for each person listed above, is write down your ideas for what those people might like.
You would also write down on this page your budget numbers for how much you can afford to spend.
Also write down the budget number on the list of people so you can add up how much money you are going to go through this holiday season.
It would be best to find out what the people closest to you really want.
Your kids especially.
There are typical gifts that work well for people you do not know that well such as teachers, coaches and bosses.
These things include all the various food type gifts.
These types of gifts are nice because the person just eats the gift and does not have to store the item forever.
Even if they do not like the food type gift, they can re-gift it to someone else.
Without creating lists for everyone you buy for, your life during the holidays will be filled with stress and anxiety.
You will spend too much on some people, not enough on others and your life will revolve around this gift buying.
Organized Christmas lists will make your holiday shopping much easier and stress free.