Getting Organized for the Holidays

For the past few years I’ve been using Organized Christmas to keep everything running smoothly over the holidays. They have great printable sheets to make your own holiday planner and make it super easy to know where everything is. I usually print them out and create a simple planner in a thin binder. There are many printables that they offer, but these are my favourites which I’d like to share with you!

I love to send out Christmas cards, but it isn’t always easy to keep track of them. This little Christmas Card List is perfect for doing just that. It lets you list the address and phone number and also has boxes for sent and received for not only this year, but all the way to 2014.

Another must have is the Master Gift List. Not only does it let you list the gifts you’re giving, but it also provides a column for you to budget how much you’ll spend and then add in your actual amounts later. For those of us who are on a budget, this is a great way to keep on track. I also like to use the Gifts to Make List with this as well to organize what gifts I’d like to make and keep me focused on the deadlines, so I’m not sewing in all hours of the night when the final week of Christmas comes around.

Though I don’t need to use their Holiday Menu Planner because my mother does Christmas Eve dinner at her house, I do like the Weekly Meal Planner to keep track of what groceries I need to buy during this hectic season. I’m thinking of using something like this all year round in the New Year.

The final pages that I like to include in my planner are the Holiday Baking List to write down all the yummy treats I’d like to make in the coming weeks and the Holiday Budget List to make sure that all this festive spirit doesn’t break the bank.

I try to be an organized person, so a planner like this helps to keep me on task and also keeps my mind at ease that nothing will go amiss…which makes it much easier to kick back and watch some Christmas movies with a lovely cup of hot chocolate!