Here's your essential Christmas shopping deadlines

By Liam Cormican
Updated December 18 2017 - 4:33pm, first published 4:26pm
Amanda Resurreccion walks along Pitt St mall after her Christmas shopping on December 13, 2017 in Sydney, Australia.  (Photo by Daniel Munoz/Fairfax Media)
Amanda Resurreccion walks along Pitt St mall after her Christmas shopping on December 13, 2017 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Daniel Munoz/Fairfax Media)

You've been told to get your Christmas shopping done early, but every year it's the same.