I SOOOO wish that Christmas was a time when we just got together to enjoy the company of family and friends, over good food and drinks...and did NOT have to shop.
In fact, our family (the older folks, not the kids who still want gifts) for the past couple of years have just been making donations to charities, then sending gift baskets of holiday goodies, rather than buying bunches of "stuff" that none of us really needs. We end up less stressed, and feeling good about having given to a worthy cause.