The holiday season is here! With the countdown to Christmas ticking Houston Life's Melanie Camp roped in Cory Stinson - store manager at the new Boot Barn in Webster, Texas- for some gift giving inspo. Boot Barn is brimming with fantastic gift ideas and exclusive deals for holiday shoppers.

(NBC NEWS) – Soon the holiday shopping season will become the return season. “Shoppers need to be prepared for a totally different return landscape,” warns RetailMeNot’s Sara Skirboll. Americans are now doing more online shopping due to the pandemic, and that creates new challenges for returns. This way, you have a good record of it and there’s no chance that you’re going to lose it,” she says. “You want to make sure you know what that return window is, you want to make sure you’re prepared if you have to pay for shipping etc., etc.,” Skirboll says.

Having a baby, and bringing that baby home from the hospital for the first time as a new parent, is a whirlwind.