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Christmas presents It’s not even mid-February and an army of bargain hunters have pretty much wrapped up their Christmas shopping for 2021 (in more ways than one). There’ll be no last minute dashes to the petrol station on Christmas Eve for this lot. More than 40 weeks before the big day, they’ve bought dozens – or in some cases, hundreds – of gifts for their families. And some have even wrapped them. Tracey Drew, 50, from Bristol is one of them. She started on Boxing Day, and has bought gifts for her six children, three stepchildren and six grandchildren. “I’ve always done my Christmas shopping early – well most of it,” she tells HuffPost UK. “I’m a bargain hunter so I always buy in advance in the sales.”