"Does your family buy Christmas gifts early? Could you drop blantant hints about the lovely iron items?"

Nope, they don't buy early (and I wouldn't want to wait till December for them) :)

Brian wants them too, and he's not too patient about buying things. My guess is that we'll get them soonish :) This is the time of year we splurge, because its when all the stuff that we like is out!