There is a Mashable column that suggests that now is a great time to get your Christmas shopping done!  Here are a few reasons why:

• You have more time to think of what gifts you want to give instead of making buying decisions under the pressure of Christmas being just around the corner.
• You don’t have to spend a lot of money on your gifts all at once. That leaves more money to spend on doing fun, seasonal things during the Christmas season.
• Those Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals aren’t always that great, and can lead you to buy some things just because they’re cheap, not because they’re necessarily good or what you really want to buy as a gift