Isn't it easier and much more frugal to start Christmas shopping in JANUARY, particularly for little kids - always keeping your eye out for sale priced toys, cute mittens, kewl socks...
There's a massive array of stocking stuffers that are super inexpensive if you start immediately after Christmas - and during garage sale season, if you are a careful shopper, you'll run across plenty of new in-box, still sealed toys & puzzles & look-like-new children's books.
This is tougher with teens, but not totally impossible - and besides at that age, they already presumably understand the reality of Santa...
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