Christmas presents, in this economy? How some people are shifting their spending

Hark, can you hear it?

It's barely audible over the sound of a zillion people muttering, "isn't it too early for this?" while sipping holiday lattes, but it's there: the sound of Christmas spending panic.

And this year's holiday season approaches amid soaring grocery prices, trade tensions and economic uncertainty . Which is why some people say they're planning a more modest Christmas , whether that involves spending less, giving fewer or more intentional gifts, relying more on charitable services, or scaling it all down.

On social media, for instance, influencers and frugal bloggers are encouraging people to "de-influence" their holidays by forgoing the matching family jammies, reusing Christmas decorations, sticking with affordable advent calendars and buying second-hand g