For the surveys, remember that you must qualify and complete the entire survey to get credit. They can sometimes get annoying if you keep answering questions but never qualifying for the survey, since you'll have spent a bunch of time but not getting credit for them. Still, when you do qualify, you will get the credit for completing it. As mentioned before, it may take a while to credit but eventually it should hit your account.
I'd also suggest doing the Paid To Click under the Daily Offers. You can get 15-cents each day, and it takes maybe 5-minutes top to complete. Also try to remember to post at least 1 post in the forum each day, since 30 posts in a month nets you $3 forum bonus. Remember that the posts do not need to be thread starters, just something that continues the conversation. So, for example, this reply post will count for me.
Keep in mind that although FC is a great way to earn a few extra bucks, it is definitely not a get-rich-quick scheme. I fear that if you are only doing the daily offers, you may not be able to cashout in time for X-mas.... Doing only the PTC, e-mails, and forum posts will allow you to cashout every 90-days, which if you are starting now means in the middle of Dec. And that's assuming you'd have an immediate turn-around in getting credited on the last forum bonus for Nov. which unfortunately I think is taking more than a month to get credit. So you may need to get additional credits from surveys and other offers. If you have not already joined some of the other survey sites listed under the offers (Opinion Outpost, Reward TV, etc.) you may want to join those; you'll get credit on FC for joining and you can earn additional money on the other sites as well. Although FC alone may not pay out a lot, combining that with other sites may get you a more sizable amount come X-mas time.