I start Christmas shopping as soon as I can I start straight after Christmas no joke. It helps with my stress and anxiety levels. My Twin and I our Birthday is the start of Feb so I start her shopping after Christmas things she wanted but didn't get. Or if I see anything she would love. I do mostly online shopping I do use shops in my town but cause of queues, crowds and now covid I try not to physically go into shops its hard enough to do food shopping on a weekly basis during the year.

Start small, take small steps.... in re to your kids thats fab they only have 2 things. We think outside the box for gifts for my 8 year old Nephew. He hasn't asked for it but we are putting money on a Nintendo switch card so he can buy games. Its things like this that my parents (his Grandparents) can do and feel like he has a gift