| As any seasoned shopper will know, there are | | | | and can get the Christmas gifts sorted before the |
| times when shopping can be fun, times when it | | | | Christmas rush. |
| can be hard work, and times when it can be | | | | The run up to Christmas is an important time to |
| practically impossible. Shopping for yourself isn't | | | | start preparing for what you're going to buy. |
| always such a problem, at least you have an idea | | | | Listen out for any hints that your family might |
| about what you do and don't like; but when | | | | have been making about what they'd like for |
| shopping for others, sometimes the expression | | | | Christmas gifts. But be careful how you interpret |
| 'nightmare before Christmas' can ring all too true. | | | | these messages â BE WARNED |
| If you're lucky or have planned well in advance (i.e. | | | | GENTLEMEN, if your wife tells you that "the iron is |
| July seems to be a popular time to start planning | | | | broken", this is NOT a subtle hint for what she'd |
| Christmas these days), then you'll know exactly | | | | like for Christmas! |
| what is on everyone's wish list to Santa this year | | | | |