Christmas Shopping Blues

I am convinced that the only thing less appealing to me than Christmas shopping would be pulling off my fingernails with pliers one-by-one.  It amazes me how many people will go to stores just before Christmas for the sales when all they did was raise the price and reduce back to near the original price.  I say this because I just got back from shopping a short while ago.  Next year, I may just do all my shopping online to avoid the crowds, fake discounts, and long lines at the registers.