Christmas Event Horizon

So I always seem to live in this little trouble spot between November and the end of the year. Basically, as advertisers begin to cater to Christmas consumers, I begin to think of what I want for Christmas. I really narrow it down ot those things I want and then I consider buying them because I'm not sure if I'll actually get them for Christmas. This becomes an issue for a number of reasons:

1. What a waste to buy something I'm going to receive as a gift anyway.
2. If I buy something and tell people who might be considering getting that as a gift for me for Christmas, I'm sort of screwing them over because then they have to go figure out something else.
3. If I buy something and don't tell anyone, if I do end up receiving it then I have the lousy hassel of trying to return it; which brings about it's own dilemnas including finding the receipt, driving out to wherever I got it, potentially having to deal with store credit or other some such bullshit.
4. Spending money I ought to be using for OTHER people's Christmas gifts.

So far I've managed not to really buy much of anything. God willing, I'll make it to the 25th.

I'm so very close.