This week, we begin to build a Christmas planner to organize holiday chores, assess the state of the house, and prepare for Halloween festivities.
Ready? Let's get organized for a stress-free Christmas season!
To Do This Week
Ready? Let's get organized for a stress-free Christmas season!
To Do This Week
- Follow the daily Countdown messages on the Web at Organized Christmas, on Twitter, or on Facebook.
- Make the promise! Spend 15 minutes each day this week to get organized for Christmas.
- Get comfortable for holiday planning--create a Christmas planning center in a cozy corner, desk or table.
- Begin to assemble a Christmas planner, using a notebook or three-ring binder.
- Decorate your planner! If you're using a clear pocket binder, print the Countdown planner cover and spine pages and insert into binder pockets. Get inspired to create a pretty notebook with Christmas planner tours and tutorials from Christmas Planner.
- Add blank lined pages for any notes and records.
- Print the Countdown plan calendar, and add it to your Christmas planner.
- Print and post a family holiday calendar.
- Values check! Review your family's holiday values privately, then a second time with family members. Print two copies of the Holiday Values Worksheet and record your findings.
- Gift-buying looms! Start a master gift list. Print the master gift list and add it to your Christmas planner to record purchases and home-made gift items.
- Begin a Christmas card list. Locate addresses, and consider making a computerized Christmas card address list for maximum time savings. Or, print a Christmas card list for your Christmas planner notebook.
- Print a home spruce-up worksheet and complete the holiday home spruce-up exercise. Schedule any pre-holiday home improvement projects.
- Will your family travel this holiday season? Make travel plans and reservations this week.
- Will you host houseguests this year? Make arrangements for any overnight guests.
- Make an appointment for family photo sessions for holiday giving or photo Christmas cards.
- Schedule carpet cleaning now! As the holidays approach, business picks up. Call now for your choice of appointment times.
- Declutter tabletops and public rooms before you decorate.
- If you haven't done so already, decorate for Halloween or Harvest celebrations.
- Ready ... or Not?
Frantic at the thought of the approaching holidays? You're not alone! - Get Organized! Create A Christmas Planning Center
Set aside a dedicated spot for holiday planning. - Learn To Make A Christmas Planner
Create a Christmas planner to get organized for Christmas. - Check Out Christmas Planner Tours and Tutorials
Clever solutions from readers on the Web. Get inspired with Christmas planner examples. - Before the Season: Focus on Family Values
How to simplify your holidays? Focus on your family's values! - Tips for Holiday Season Travel
Will your family travel this year? Make it an organized trip! - Seven Tips for Sparkling Christmas Letters
Ready to pen a memorable holiday letter? Catch these tips! - Simpler Seasons Greetings: Using Computers to Send Christmas Cards
Will computers ease the chore? - Holiday Home Spruce-Up!
Organize and prune holiday home improvement projects. - Welcome Home!
Ready to start planning for Christmas? Consider what makes a holiday home!
- Christmas cards or supplies for Christmas letters
- Holiday stamps
- Christmas Countdown Calendar
- Get Organized Week Checklist
- Monthly Calendars
- Two-Page Weekly Planner 1
- Two-Page Weekly Planner 2
- Notebook Cover
- Notebook Spine
- Dividers for Christmas Countdown Planner
- Holiday Values Worksheet
- Master Gift List
- Gift Ideas Planner
- Christmas Card List
- Holiday Home Spruce-Up Form
