‘Tis the season to be jolly! We’ve resisted putting up our Christmas tree and decorations until December, and festive music was banned until we could open the first door on our advent calendar. But Christmas Day is well and truly in sight. With just 16 shopping days left until Christmas, it’s time we got our Christmas list sorted.

If you haven’t already, sign up for free at giveamonkey.com, create a wish list, name it Christmas 2009 or something equally imaginative, and start adding the things you want for Christmas. You can send an invitation to view your Christmas list so that all your friends and family can reserve, buy or just get inspiration from items on your wish list.

Of course giveamonkey.com doesn’t just mean making your own wish list, you can create gift lists for your loved ones too - a short-list Christmas list if you will. You could even share your ideas by sending your gift lists to the rest of your friends so you can collaborate on present-buying.

Stuck for Christmas gift ideas? Browse our featured gift ideas for wish list inspiration. And don’t forget that by quickly installing the Giftermonkey tool you can add gifts to your Christmas list from anywhere on the web. Spot something by chance? Add it in a matter of seconds.

And if you’ve not already arranged a New Year’s Eve party, it’s not too late - use the giveamonkey.com party planner to organise a party to kiss goodbye to 2009, and have all your friends upload photos and videos to commemorate the event! You can even use our venue finder to search for the best venue. Too lazy to organise a party? View the public events to find a New Year’s Eve party and leave the clearing up to someone else…