My entire family (wife, parents, kids) has decided this year to almost completely forgo any material recognition of Christmas. We are getting each other exactly one nominal material item and will spend the season in peace, celebrating the season and not worshipping at the foot of Madison Avenue. My children, who are all under 18 and living at home, were displeased at first (sadly, we've *really* gone overboard their entire lives), but are beginning to understand why this is a good thing and I have some level of confidence by the time Christmas is here will be completely with the program.
So, no Best Buy, Target, or what have you this year. I expect that I will be able to complete all of my shopping in an hour or less, hopefully on a lunch break one day when there won't even be crowds to deal with.
What a great idea!