You know the holidays are upon us when the barrage of catalogs begin!  Does it seems like we get these earlier and earlier every year?  I probably say that every year too!   I got this stack in just one day — at it's non fifty-fifty Halloween yet!

I tin can remember growing up my mom utilise to let my sister and I shop the Sears Itemize.  It was huge, had everything nosotros could take wanted and it took hours to go through.  The Sears Itemize has been replaced by thousands and thousands of store catalogs.  So now I have to shop several stores before I can come up shut to finishing my vacation shopping.   And there is actually a website dedicated to catalogs.  I couldn't believe this.  Go to www.catalogs.com  to notice just about any catalog you want.  It'south big business organisation.

My 5 year former daughter has already figured out what catalogs can hateful for her.  She has gone through all of them and picked out what she wants.  And she helps her three year one-time blood brother pick his gifts too.  Gotta beloved the holidays!  Honestly between the catalogs and the TV commercials, I will exist happy when we finally send our Christmas lists to Santa!

Exercise you utilise catalogs to shop for the holidays?  It's a great guide to what's available before you shop aimlessly in stores or online!  Don't become me incorrect, I love the holidays but wouldn't it be overnice if Christmas was more about giving and less about "things"?

Kids Activities Weblog is Holly's blogging domicile.

She is the co-writer of 101 Kids Activities that are the Bestest, Funnest Ever! and The 101 Coolest Elementary Science Experiments.

She is the mom of iii boys ages 13, 15 & 17 who partially homeschools. She believes that you lot shouldn't have to buy stuff to have fun when there is a kitchen junk drawer total of possibilities.