Every year, I finish the bulk of my Christmas shopping around Thanksgiving weekend, and then the week of Christmas, I realize there’s a bunch of gifts I still didn’t get. Also, I start to see all the last-minute deals and can’t help but get in on them.

If you like to shop online (like me), you should show that today is the last day to place a standard delivery order for Christmas Eve arrival for many major online retailer stores (Walmart til 11:30pm PST), through some have extended their Christmas ordering cutoff dates til tomorrow, Monday, December 21 (Best Buy til 11am EST tomorrow; Amazon will let you shop the full day.) This is to pay the standard shipping fee; you’ll still be able to order 2-day and overnight later in the week.

See below for more information on cutoff dates and last-minute gift deals, as well as links to our five-part 2009 Holiday Geek Gift Guide.

Last-Minute Deals*

Best Buy [$3 shipping for Christmas Eve delivery OR in-store pick-up]

— Metroid Prime Trilogy – Wii – $19.99
— Fairytale Fights – PS3 – $19.99
— Fairytale Fights – Xbox 360 – $19.99
— Animal Crossing: City Folk – Wii – $19.99

Amazon

— The Twilight Saga: New Moon — The Movie Board Game – $3.99
— Scene It? Deluxe Star Trek Edition – $7.99
— Lost: Buy Lost: The Complete Fifth Season Blu-ray and get up to $20 off any of the previous seasons.
— Kindle – Ships for free with Two-Day Shipping to arrive before Christmas.

*We’ll update this post as more deals are offered.

Holiday Geek Gift Guide ’09

Wii Sports Accessories
Specialty Christmas Gift Suggestions
Video Games
Books & Music
DVD & Blu-ray

Ordering Cutoff Dates