CR Survey: Thirty percent of shoppers won't be finished by Saturday

If you've been putting your holiday shopping off until the last possible minute, you're not alone. In the latest holiday shopping survey by the Consumer Reports National Research Center, 30 percent of shoppers said they wouldn't be finished shopping until December 23. However, nearly as many -- 28 percent -- said they were done with their shopping, and presumably will spend the next few days chugging egg nogs and chuckling as they drive past packed mall parking lots (hopefully not both at the same time). We have to admit that we're with the 11 percent of extreme procrastinators who said they'd stretch their shopping out until Christmas Eve. We might even wait a little longer. After all, nothing says "I care" quite like a gift certificate purchased online just before you get in the car to drive off to Grandma's for Christmas dinner. Just make sure to blank out the date of purchase before printing it out.

Read the full survey results here.

-- MP