I've always shopped ahead (found great deals!) and stashed gifts away... until recently. My kids are older and their tastes and wants change every 2.2 seconds. It is too hard to shop early for them now. Once in a while I find something that I know they won't buy for themselves or lose interest in before the day arrives, but usually not.
My husband is the hardest to shop for. He doesn't really like 'stuff'. He wants only things that are useful. For Father's Day he wanted work gloves and a rain gauge! I'd have never thought of either, so it is a good thing he was vocal about it.
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