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Oct 8, 2020 · I’ve put together a complete family Christmas planning list of all the things that need to be done month-by-month in October, November and December. Plus, you can download a free printable PDF version to use as your trusty Christmas planning checklist. How and when to start planning.
- The Advantages of Planning Ahead For Christmas and How to Do It
- Get Ahead Get Organised
- Have A Simple Plan and Stick to It
- Christmas Planning Can Save You Time and Money
The business of getting ready for a family Christmas is a big job. If you are also working, parenting and running the household at the same time, planning and preparing for Christmas can be really stressful. Where are you supposed to suddenly magic up all the extra time – not to mention money – to get everything ready?
This is why I believe it pays to be super organised, even if you really don’t feel like it weeks ahead of Christmas. The reality is, it’s your best chance to arrive at the 25th December ready to enjoy Christmas day rather than in a stressed out heap. I learned this the hard way. By slumping into Christmas day an exhausted, strung-out wreck. Albeit ...
Ahead of the next Christmas I sat down and looked at all the different things that need taking care of in the run up to Christmas and put together a simple plan. A plan I thought I had a good chance of sticking to. I found it worked. Still need convincing that a a bit of pre-organisation is better than winging it? Here’s some reasons to help convin...
Make time to do some Christmas planning and you will invariably find there is a whole list of benefits.
- Three to Four Months Before Christmas to do list (August – September) Create a Budget. All Christmas planning begins with a budget. Finances during this season can be the cause of a lot of holiday stress.
- One to Two months before Christmas Checklist (October – November) Shop for supplies for homemade gifts. By now you should have your holiday gift list finalized.
- 5 weeks before Christmas planning checklist (Last week of November) Finalize Menu. By this time, Thanksgiving is right around the corner as well. One thing that has significantly made a difference in my Christmas planning sanity has been to make some of my menu similar.
- Four weeks before Christmas preparation checklist. Decorate indoors and outdoors. If you prefer to wait until after the Thanksgiving turkey has cooled before you begin decorating your home, then now is the time to start decking the halls.
- Reflect on the last Christmas. Before starting with your Christmas preparation I would suggest you take a few moments to reflect back on your Christmas last year and make note of things that you enjoyed and would like to do again.
- Plan the Holidays and lock the key dates. Discuss with family and friends to make a schedule for Christmas. With everyone looking forward to the holiday season it is very difficult to make bookings at the end moment or find everyone’s availability.
- Make a Christmas Budget. We all love to shower our loved ones with gifts, get the best Christmas decor for the home a have a perfectly set up Christmas Eve dinner table.
- Plan for Christmas Gift. One of the best parts of Christmas is the joy of giving gifts to others and the grateful feeling of receiving gifts. Who does not like to receive gifts?
- GENERAL CHRISTMAS 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.
- COST-SAVING AND BUDGETING TIPS. Plan Christmas around what you can comfortably afford rather than trying to create the perfect Christmas on a limited budget.
- GIFTS. Don’t restrict gift wish lists to kids writing letters to Santa. Ask all immediate family members to write out their wish list. Create a gift tracker and keep it from year to year so you don’t accidentally duplicate or to use as inspiration for other kids/family members for another year.
- CHRISTMAS CARDS. There is no getting away from it, writing Christmas cards is a chore. So work out what works for you. I prefer a monster big card writing session, but you may prefer to set yourself a daily card writing target over a few days.
Sep 3, 2024 · The Christmas planning guidebook: what to do week by week. Feeling overwhelmed by the impending festive season? Follow along with our week by week guide and you'll be ultra-organised when the big day arrives. By Charlotte McCaughan-Hawes. 3 September 2024. Owen Gale.
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Nov 5, 2018 · Six weeks until Christmas! No need to panic. Check out our handy guide to help you get organised for the big day, including reminders to treat yourself too.
