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We hadn&#8217;t even started to think about Thanksgiving and she wanted me to decide what I wanted for Christmas.<\/p>\n<p>What I really want for Christmas is for people to wait until after Thanksgiving to talk about Christmas presents.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->I love getting presents. I just don&#8217;t like the pressure of coming up with a list before college football teams start playing bowl games.<\/p>\n<p>We talked about this when Maria&#8217;s mother and sister came to visit. I was the only one advocating waiting until after Thanksgiving to start shopping.<\/p>\n<p>When I said I loved to shop on Christmas Eve, you would have thought I had suggested we all go on a cross-country crime spree. I think someone gasped audibly.<\/p>\n<p>I do love to shop at the last minute though. I generally have a good idea of what I want and get in and out of stores in record time.<\/p>\n<p>And the clerks on Christmas Eve couldn&#8217;t be nicer. They know you have a goal in mind. No chit chat. No goofing off. That&#8217;s the way to shop, and they appreciate it.<\/p>\n<p>Maria&#8217;s side of the family has a different idea. Not only do they like to start shopping before Thanksgiving, they like to finish shopping before we all dig into our turkey dinner.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, these people are Americans. I don&#8217;t understand it either.<\/p>\n<p>My sister-in-law said she shops before Thanksgiving because the stores are &#8220;picked clean&#8221; once Black Friday comes. I had no idea that the shelves turned bare once December came.<\/p>\n<p>That still won&#8217;t get me to change my shopping habits. I try to take one holiday at a time. I need to get through Thanksgiving before I can even think of Christmas.<\/p>\n<p>My side of the family will thankfully resume a family tradition and pick names for presents at Thanksgiving. 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