Holiday Shopping

How do you manage your holiday shopping? It seems every year, my budget shrinks. My husband gets a nice holiday bonus every December, a few days before Christmas. It helps, a lot! We end up doing 90% of our holiday shopping just days before Christmas. I try to stick to lists, and a budget, by setting up dollar amounts for each person I buy gifts for. I start my lists months in advance, I have a nice list going for my kids, and another for what I need to buy for the big family diner I am in charge of this year. I want to work on another list for decorating ideas and craft projects I can work on with the kiddos.