Shopping near Christmas

We're about to brave the mall (or at least the bookstore attached to it) to buy a few gifts for my husband's family. I'm not much of a shopper to begin with, and near Christmas it is just insane. This past weekend I set foot in the Kmart down the street (I needed a new band for my watch.) and nearly ran right back out again without my purchase. It was somewhat crowded, true, but what really got to me was the general frenzied vibe everyone in the store was giving off. I can't believe some people actually enjoy that sort of shopping.