Answer Truthfully...

No

Would rather not get fleeced ‘buying local’

Haven't started yet. Going to local shopping centre at 3 O clock

Pretty much Amazon all the way for me, apart from food at the local supermarket and butchers. My health isn't great at the moment so I'm doing whatever makes my life easier. Plus a ranting post of Facebook from a local business claiming it was Our Duty to support them really put me off. They'll care little about the locals when they can go back to fleecing tourists.

No, for three reasons:

1) I don't have any family or close friends left to give gifts to, so I have no reason to buy gifts.

2) Gifts for myself were bought using a gift card from my employer and for that, Amazon was the best option.

3) Availability. I will always attempt to buy something locally first, but due to the fact that I'm a nerd & gadget hound, Amazon is often the only reliable source. Though I will go for manufacturer's websites if possible

I did go somewhat local for Christmas grocery shopping though. In a complete reversal of the above, some of the stuff I need for my traditional Christmas dinner is only available in specialist shops in town.

NO

I wont be shamed into shopping local. I'll go wherever is best for my pocket. They're the times we are living in unfortuantely.

Did nearly all shopping on amazon, some bits in tesco too. While the idea of shopping locally sounds great in theory, I'm not a fan of subsidising them by paying more than online...

100% of my purchases I got in Irish shops, but not by design, I just went for convenience… purchases in….

Irish local independent jewellery store.

Irish clothing retailer.

Irish homeware retailer.

Irish giftware retailer.

not a single purchase did I make because I wanted to support anyone. All this support local businesses etc…. NO, I support myself and my needs and wants….We saw the Irish business community and their toys out of the pram reaction to pandemic restrictions so. No moral obligation on my behalf towards a business just because it’s Irish… all the above were convenient and are within 3 kilometres of where I’m living, had things that I liked so I purchased.

A mix for me, my priority was what was less hassle for me rather than noble intentions of supporting local businesses.

I point blank refuse to give up hours walking around soulless shopping centres, so if I can't get something locally without stress it's online all the way.

Not a hope of me using time off work to shop during the after Christmas sales either.

I buy from shops that have products I like at a price I agree with, and that's it.

I'm not going to spend over the odds for no reason.

I was looking at a Barbour jacket for Dad. Local shop sells them for 350 euro, but Barbour UK has them on sale for 200 pound. So my aunt bought it for me before she flew home.

I was looking for a Clarins set too, and local shops are all more expensive than online, though I was happy to find that some Irish pharmacies have an online presence that's competitive, so I bought from them.

Also, Irish Christmas markets are nearly all sh*te. Wooden toys mass produced in China, crap art in white frames, signs and cards with stupid sayings like "prosecco o'clock". Even gift shops sell the same Eoin O'Conner and Nicholas Mosse tat they've been selling for the past decade.

Its a very tough year, where the cost of living is rising beyond wage inflation.

Why should anyone be coy about saying they looked for good value, wherever it may be?

However, one good thing that definitely benefitted smaller and indigenous retailers, was the closure of Argos.

I know of a good few small hardware and toys and games stores that saw an uptick, in their absence.

I gave up on this whole buying presents at Christmas scam years ago. Nowadays, I put more effort (and money) into buying things for people's birthdays, or spontaneous no-date-necessary gifts. This year, I bought one thing for my second son from a Ukrainian manufacturer via a GB distributor because the only equivalent was a (more expensive) US product through the same distributor. The other gift was for my god-daughter, which I made myself. Son got his gift in October, god-daughter got hers at the end of November.

In any case, I rarely order from Amazon any more because they've annoyed me no end with repeatedly splitting a single order into several deliveries, and sending the individual items in waaaaay oversized packaging. Instead, I order from AliExpress, who reliably combine dozens of items from different sellers into a single tightly packed parcel, and their unbranded stuff is generally a fifth of the cheapest price on Amazon. And no, I have no qualms about buying from China, seeing as most of the stuff I might buy in a local shop comes from there anyway.

Just shopped, with no notions of who got my cash!!!

Don't buy off Amazon.

While I bought 99.9 % online (bar groceries) they are all brick n mortar shops.

Smyth's for majority of toys. They are extremely competitive price wise and super efficient.

Then Easons had great black friday deals.

Then the Lego store.

Dunnes and ALDI get my grocery custom. If Tesco has a good clubcard offer I will make the trip.

Local butcher got the ham and turkey order.

Yep, and even at that you'll get a poky stall down in the corner.