We love so much about the holidays. The food, the decor, the feeling of togetherness and bringing the year to an end surrounded by friends and family. Even though the holidays can be very stressful, it's hard to ignore how warm this time of year makes our hearts! We don't even mind the worst part of the holidays: shopping. But not just any shopping! We're talking specifically about shopping ... with kids. Kids can sense that the holidays are near, and suddenly every single toy or gadget or piece of junk they see in commercials and in catalogs and on shelves is a MUST-HAVE. Their lists start to resemble CVS receipts, honestly. It gets to the point where we do all our shopping online or at 11 p.m. just so we don't have to take our kids to the store! So you know what we really need this holiday season? A shopping hack. And luckily, a mom on Facebook shared the perfect hack for shopping with kids. It's so simple in its genius, you're going to love it.

If your kid has so many things on their holiday gift list that it needs to be alphabetized and categorized like a library catalog, then you need this shopping hack. Because even the most well-behaved kids sort of lose it during the holidays. They see something, they want to add it to their list, lots of times they just won't let it go! And we can't really blame them; kids don't necessarily understand limits or, we don't know, COUNTING. So even if you tell your kids they can put 10 things on their list, they aren't going to remember how many things are actually on it, and they're going to keep trying to add every single damn toy or gadget they come across in the store. How are we supposed to keep track of it all?! But Kristina Watts, a mom in Washington, has blessed us with the perfect shopping hack to use this holiday season.

Instead of fighting with your kids over toys or stuff they want, or trying to explain to them that you cannot remember EVERY LITTLE THING on their list, take their picture with it. That's it! Your kid picks something up, you make a comment about it, and offer to take their picture with the item. Then, they put it back, and move on. It can still go on their list, but you just tell them that you're going to send it to Santa so he knows you like it. And you can then send the picture to whoever you want - grandma, aunt, friend, whoever! Chances are, your kid will forget about it as soon as you walk away. But even if they don't, and that particular toy is a legit list add, you have the picture you need to remember it or pawn it off onto another gift-giver in your child's life. A photo list, if you will. It's one less thing to think about during the holidays, and much easier than trying to figure out WTH your 5-year old meant when they wrote ABSIASY.

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