My normal process is don't even think about Christmas until school is finished... and then in the week between my school closing and state schools closing, rush out and do it all then...

Last year I was going to be 37 weeks at Christmas... I did the same thing, finished up work at 35 weeks, rushed around and bought all the gifts and ended up having Sam at 36 weeks. Oops! Gifts were bought, but not wrapped or posted and none were delivered until January. Funny part was that in February MIL stayed and picked up and started reading a book... commented that she quite enjoyed it, at which point we said simply "happy Christmas, it's yours".

Slightly different situation for us as Sam wasn't due until after Christmas, but we didn't really worry about gifts for him, even though he arrived early. I did want to get a Christmas decoration for him, and I'm forever grateful to BG for providing one for us when we couldn't get out. At that stage of the year it wasn't a particularly wonderful one, but it was one, and that's what counts.

This year, due to limited finances I'm making most gifts. Cross-stitched items mainly and I can see myself going madly on Christmas Eve still trying to get everything done!

BW