Christmas On Euclid

Well, well, well, it is that time of year again and once again we sigh at the seemingly overwhelming thoughts of the dreaded Christmas shopping. And yet, do we? There is something special about the stereo typical last minute testosterone mall invasion late on the 23rd and early on the 24th. My favorite Christmas shopping was always for her. Hmm, come to think of it, my favorite presents I received were always the ones ‘ for him ‘.

Personally I have lived this, each and every year I can remember, until last year! I was working for a major American company, in Europe, and while I did get to do some last minute shopping, in my traditional manner, most gifts were going to people on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean. Sigh, 25% sales tax plus shipping, CRAP!!! That was when I first discovered the wonders of internet shopping on a major scale. I made online purchases, delivered to my sister in Montana and she in turn re-mailed them to the various people on my Christmas list after she wrapped the ones that didn’t come wrapped from the stores. First off, I saved a whole bunch on sales tax alone and don’t even get me started on the shipping costs from Denmark!!! I not only saved money, I saved time.

Today, my wife and I are starting a small service company in Phoenix, Arizona and we are pretty busy these days. Our money is not what it was even a month ago, it takes time to develop any business, and Christmas shopping just won’t wait another 2 months. So we dived into our own website, www.dfineonline.com and we proudly just finished our Christmas shopping for this year. On top of how easy it was to shop, the discounts were fantastic.

I know she will read this article, but I won’t tell her what her presents from both Frederick’s of Hollywood and perfumeworldonline are, he he. By the way, the links to these and other feminine gift suppliers are in our ‘ for her ‘ section.

I managed to get something for my dog, Lucky, I know I am an idiot, both my mom and dad, and no, none of that is from Frederick’s and a few gifts for some really cool kids and grownups. It was easy for me, I had already researched the companies, bought things from them in the past and I am completely finished with my Christmas shopping! Damn, I am breaking with tradition!

It should be noted that some companies will now wrap your presents and you can usually get free shipping direct to its final destination. Now, you can still go and enjoy the post office this holiday season, but it won’t be because you have to.

What I am trying to do with this article, is save you from the time it takes to search and shop from major brand name stores and companies by placing a neat and well rounded list of companies where you simply click your way to the companies’ web sites. The research is done for you. Should you choose to take my advice and actually do some Christmas Shopping from any of these companies, I would really like to hear from you. My email address is twelvebravo@hotmail.com (12B) is my old US Army job, meaning combat engineer.

Whether you do your shopping from www.dfineonline.com or not, may your Christmas be special, may your shopping be easy and may Santa be really really good to you this year.

Oh, one last thing, as much as it hurts, let’s all use as much money on Christmas this year, as we can, and show the world that the American buyer has not lost faith and we buy what we buy because we want to and American’s have never scared easy!!! Besides, if we don’t buy, we lose jobs and that is just plain wrong at Christmas time!