BeckyCan you even believe we’re officially in November!?!?!? Now comes all the stress and worry about making appearances at all.the.events and juggling your finances and time during one of the sweetest times of the year.
I would say you’re in good company if by mid-November you’re feeling all the feels of overwhelm, overwhelm and anxiety with how you’re going to get it all done, how you will afford gifts and food and events with your loved ones and how you can possibly juggle it all when there is so little time.
If this is you…
Insert my 2022 Ultimate Holiday Guide that has everything you need to streamline your finances and time this holiday season!
In this printable holiday guide, you will have access to:
- a Christmas gift list
- a holiday events & activities list
- Christmas card list
- Christmas dinner menu
- Christmas grocery list
- Christmas to-do checklist
This is your go-to to streamlining the holidays. Take back your money and time this holiday season!
Let’s take a peek at each of the resources in this guide and how they can serve you to make the holidays easier on you this year!
Christmas To-Do List
I’m a list kind of gal! When it comes to getting anything done, I like to make a list. I don’t know about you, but I like feeling accomplished and I feel that way most when I have the ability to see how much I’ve done and check things off as I go.
In making a list, I’m less likely to forget something important.
In my ultimate guide to the holidays, you’ll see I included a Christmas To-Do List. This gives you full reign to list out all the things you need to get done during the holiday season. You can add to or remove from the list anytime something changes.
Christmas Gift List
Using the Christmas gift list will help keep you within the allowed amount you have set in your budget. When using this list, write down all the people you plan to buy a gift for. Set how much you’re able to spend on gifts this year.
Divide your Christmas gift spending limit by how many people you need to shop for and that’s how much you can spend on each person this Christmas.
Use these 10 tips to spend less and save money on Christmas gifts this year!
Christmas Events & Activities
The holiday events & activities list is great for organizing the many places you and your family need to be this holiday season!
It can be stressful enough trying to remember everything that needs to be done, but throw in all the school plays, Christmas pictures, Friendsgiving dinners and more and it can get real daunting.
The Christmas Events & Activities list can help solve this issue by allowing you to compile everything in one area as they come up. This ongoing list makes it easy to plot each event on your calendar.
Track things like pictures with Santa, your work Secret Santa event, drop off date for your Operation Christmas Child box, your annual White Elephant girl’s night, etc.
Christmas Cards List
The next resource in this ultimate guide is the Christmas card list. It goes without explaining! If you know, you know.
Sending out annual Christmas cards is not for the faint of heart! Each year there will be adjustments made to your Christmas card list. Whether that be adding people or removing people you might have lost touch with.
This doesn’t include purchasing of said cards, the stamps you need to buy and the actual act of mailing your Christmas cards in a timely manner.
Christmas Dinner Menu
One of the main events on Christmas Day is the MEAL! It goes without saying that most of us have traditional family recipes. Uncle Frank wants great grandma’s homemade rolls, while cousin Jenny likes to bring her famous cranberry sauce.
Whatever the case, as the host of Christmas dinner, it’s a great idea to plan the menu ahead of time so you don’t forget some miniscule ingredient that could make or break a recipe.
Even if you keep your Christmas dinner intimate with you, your spouse and your children, make a point to use the Christmas Dinner Menu in advance. I like to start my menu 2-4 weeks prior to Christmas Day.
By doing that, I can snag any food sales leading up to Christmas Day and I will avoid forgetting something as important as the potatoes!
Christmas Grocery List
Once you have your dinner menu planned out, it’s time to grocery shop for all the items listed. Time to make your Christmas Dinner grocery list.
By making a grocery list for Christmas dinner, you’re avoiding the chance of you forgetting an important ingredient, like the rolls!
Can you imagine the mayhem that would ensue if there was no gravy with the mashed potatoes?! We don’t want that.
Save yourself the trouble with this simple Christmas Grocery List.
As an added bonus, when you download the 2022 Ultimate Guide to the Holidays, you will also receive a 2022 November and December Bill Pay Calendar here to track your expenses before the chaos commences.
While it truly is “the most wonderful time of the year”, don’t get too caught up in all the hustle and bustle. Enjoy time with your family and friends while staying organized with the 2022 Ultimate Guide to the Holidays does the rest of the work for you!
