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Sep 7, 2022 · 1. General prep and organisation. Start your Christmas planning during the first week of October. This gives you 12 weeks to methodically tick off every aspect of planning for Christmas. Use my printable week-by-week Christmas to do list to get your plan in place.
- Ensure you have (and stick to) a budget for all cards & presents (and remember to include postage and packaging costs)
- Consider making cards and presents for a more personal touch.
- When buying for lots of people, keep costs down by setting a limit on each present.
- Get everyone to write wish lists – that way you’ll know what they would love when asked for gift ideas from relatives or friends.
- Write Christmas cards. Buy your Christmas cards, write and post them before the Christmas postal deadline. If you’re not sending postal cards, think about sending digital cards by email and create a list of who you’d like to email.
- Make your own Christmas cards. Encourage the kids to make their own Christmas cards to send to family and friends. Gather up some crafting supplies and spend a quiet afternoon or two away from the screens with card and colouring pens.
- Letters to Santa. Encourage and help the kids write letters to Father Christmas saying how good (or naughty) they’ve been all year! Think about what you’ve been up to this year, the highs and the lows and what memories come to mind.
- Gift wish-lists. Come up with a Christmas wish-list of gifts you and the kids would like to receive. It will make it easier for those who want to buy gifts and to avoid receiving things you don’t really want!
Oct 8, 2020 · CHRISTMAS TO DO LIST: THE WEEK-BY-WEEK PLANNER. I have broken the complete 12-week Christmas to do list down into a week-by-week planner for the benefit of anyone who feels overwhelmed by the month-by-month list. WEEK 1. Agree on family Christmas plan for Christmas day – who and where ; Check/book annual leave; Plan travel/book tickets ...
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- Inventory and Organize Your Stash. Before you're tempted with new decorations, gifts, wrapping paper, and other holiday essentials on store shelves, take stock of your current inventory.
- Buy Gifts During Christmas-in-July Sales. "Summer is a notoriously slow time for retail. People are more likely to spend money on experiences, like a vacation, rather than products," says consumer savings expert Courtney Neidel, assigning editor for Nerdwallet. "
- Pick Up Host Gifts. Start collecting host gifts in the summer, too. Think lovely bottles of wine, luxury candles, elegant picture frames, wine stoppers and other barware, flower planters, and sweet mugs.
- Start Prepping Your DIY Gifts. If you're the type who likes to give DIY gifts—home-canned jars of pickled vegetables or sweet jams, or handcrafted items like quilts, scarves, soaps, or paintings—summer is the time to embark on those crafty missions by stocking supplies.
Aug 15, 2024 · Here are the main Christmas lists you’ll want to be creating (in a notebook or Christmas planner, or on your computer etc…) so that you’ll feel like everything’s under control in the run up to the festivities. A list can help you see exactly what needs to be done at a glance – and is one of the best (and cheapest) tools to get ...
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Sep 8, 2022 · Put up your Christmas decor, like Christmas lights, stockings, seasonal wall art, etc. Drop off toy and food donations. Build a gingerbread house with your kids. Bake Christmas cookies for neighbors, bus drivers, friends, etc. Make or buy a Christmas wreath. Help your kids write their Letters to Santa.
