Another year, another Holiday Christmas Planning Calendar. Every year I revise this based on trips, family events and my calling at church. December is a time to be spent with family, attend school concerts, create memories, and ponder the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ.
I love using this calendar because it helps me pace myself. These tasks or projects are on my Google calendar as an ALL Day event. I repeat them each year. I love that because I don’t have to “reinvent the wheel.” Feel free to copy, revise and create one of your own.
SEPTEMBER
1st Week
Harvest decor up
2nd Week
Check Temple Square performance dates
3rd Week
Halloween decor/costumes at thrift stores
4th Week
OCTOBER
1st Week
Halloween decorating
Buy porch pumpkins
2nd Week
Make Christmas budget
Start gift lists
Visit Disneyland 🙂
3rd Week
4th Week
Christmas lights up (before snows in Utah)
Inspect Christmas decor
Buy Thanksgiving/Christmas decor at thrift/stores
Online Christmas Shopping
Shop holiday clothes (sweaters disappear fast)
Breathe 🙂
1st Week
Thanksgiving decorations up
Mail Missionary gifts
More Christmas shopping
Write Christmas letter
2nd Week
More Christmas shopping
Take kids Christmas shopping
Buy stocking suffers
Make Thanksgiving menu/assignments
Update Christmas card addresses
3rd Week
Finish Christmas shopping
Wrap/Mail relative gifts
Buy Thanksgiving food
Breathe!
4th Week
Set up Christmas tree (before Thanksgiving)
Enjoy Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving decor down
Christmas decor up
Visit Lights on Temple Square (Friday, Nov. 25, 2011 dusk)
DECEMBER
1st Week
Watch 1st Presidency Devotional (Dec. 4, 2011 @ 6 p.m.)
Wrap gifts
2nd Week
Make/Give Christmas goodies
Christmas dinner prep
Read Christmas story as a family (Dec. 24)
4th Week
Shop after Christmas sales
Put away Christmas decorations 🙁 (before kids go back to school)
New Year’s decor up
Enjoy New Year’s Day activities