{"id":393808,"date":"2025-09-03T05:54:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T05:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/393808\/"},"modified":"2025-09-03T05:54:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T05:54:14","slug":"super-organised-mum-hates-christmas-rush-so-splashed-out-2k-in-august-to-avoid-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/393808\/","title":{"rendered":"Super-organised mum hates Christmas rush, so splashed out \u00a32k in AUGUST to avoid it"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cGoing through a busy shopping centre in December and fighting for a parking space is a no, thank you\u201d<\/p>\n

17:38, 02 Sep 2025Updated 18:56, 02 Sep 2025<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

The mum-of-three who is ready for Christmas in August<\/p>\n

An organised mum says she has already bought her Christmas gifts despite summer only ending days ago, splashing out \u00a32,000 on her three children.<\/p>\n

Charlotte Chandler began organising the big day for her daughters Harley, 14, Evie, 13, and son Myles, six, back in June.<\/p>\n

The 36-year-old from Stockport<\/a> claims that stocking up early takes the pressure off her when the festive period begins. \u201cGetting organised early makes a massive difference,\u201d Charlotte said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI usually start in June after my daughter\u2019s birthday, but sometimes I start earlier. When I was growing up, I watched my mum struggle.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven though she always worked her magic and I always woke up to Christmas<\/a> gifts, I could always see the panic in the build-up.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis way, I can spread the cost, but also be less stressed nearer Christmas and have spare money for activities.<\/p>\n

\u201cGoing through a busy shopping centre in December and fighting for a parking space is a no, thank you.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"CharlotteCharlotte celebrating Christmas last year with her children, Harley, Evie and Myles.<\/p>\n

Charlotte bought two 7ft tall cupboards for \u00a340 to hide all of the gifts What’s The Jam reports.<\/a> The carer has bought 40 gifts each for Evie and Myles and five for Harley, who can\u2019t decide what he wants.<\/p>\n

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She said: \u201cI have two metal cupboards that have locks on. I’ve probably spent around \u00a32,000 so far.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not concerned that they\u2019ll go off the things I\u2019ve bought because I know what they like.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

The mum-of-three who is ready for Christmas in August<\/p>\n

\u201cMy youngest is into anything and has told me what he wants. My daughter likes clothes, make-up and skin care.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy eldest likes all things PC or Xbox. I don\u2019t keep going until Christmas, I\u2019m done now.<\/p>\n

\u201cI only have a few more items to buy for my eldest. If I see anything nearer Christmas, I will buy it and put it away if it’s something really good.\u201d<\/p>\n

Charlotte also added \u00a310 a week to her food shop to buy classic Christmas snacks such as Celebrations, which she\u2019ll save for December.<\/p>\n

She added: \u201cI\u2019ve bought things like pretzels, popcorn, Pringles, all kinds of nuts, hot chocolates, fizzy drinks, Quality Street, Celebrations and dry foods like stuffing, herbs, pickles and custard. \u201cAnything to keep those stress levels down and enjoy Christmas.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cGoing through a busy shopping centre in December and fighting for a parking space is a no, thank…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":393809,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8813],"tags":[748,35745,393,4884,2465,1288,16,15,1292],"class_list":{"0":"post-393808","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manchester","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-christmas","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-manchester","13":"tag-stockport","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-women"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115138819898804906","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=393808"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393808\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/393809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=393808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=393808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=393808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}