Gift list
| For | Gift idea | Budget | Bought | Wrapped |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Total
Christmas checklist
About 4 weeks before
- Draw names for Secret Santa
- Agree on a gift budget
- Make a list of everyone you buy for
- Plan who hosts Christmas dinner and who comes
- Order gifts that take a while to arrive
- Get an Advent calendar ready
2–3 weeks before
- Buy most of the gifts
- Write and send Christmas cards
- Put up the tree and the lights
- Buy wrapping paper, tape and gift tags
- Plan the Christmas dinner menu
- Bake gingerbread and cookies
The week before
- Wrap the gifts and label them
- Buy the food that keeps
- Clean the house and make room for guests
- Start thawing the turkey in the fridge
- Plan the seating and the games
- Buy any gifts still missing
The day before and on the day
- Cook what you can a day ahead
- Set the table the evening before
- Put the gifts under the tree
- Leave cookies and milk out for Santa
- Charge the phones for photos and calls
- Relax and enjoy the day together
Menu and shopping
Menu
Shopping list
Cards and wishes – to whom
How to use the planner
- Print all three pages at 100% scale.
- Write down everyone you give a gift to and an idea for each.
- Set a budget for each gift and add it up next to Total.
- Tick off what is bought, wrapped and done – week by week.
Christmas checklist
About 4 weeks before
- Draw names for Secret Santa
- Agree on a gift budget
- Make a list of everyone you buy for
- Plan who hosts Christmas dinner and who comes
- Order gifts that take a while to arrive
- Get an Advent calendar ready
2–3 weeks before
- Buy most of the gifts
- Write and send Christmas cards
- Put up the tree and the lights
- Buy wrapping paper, tape and gift tags
- Plan the Christmas dinner menu
- Bake gingerbread and cookies
The week before
- Wrap the gifts and label them
- Buy the food that keeps
- Clean the house and make room for guests
- Start thawing the turkey in the fridge
- Plan the seating and the games
- Buy any gifts still missing
The day before and on the day
- Cook what you can a day ahead
- Set the table the evening before
- Put the gifts under the tree
- Leave cookies and milk out for Santa
- Charge the phones for photos and calls
- Relax and enjoy the day together
Baking this year? Print a gingerbread house template at real size.
Cooking Christmas dinner? Print a menu for the table with the traditional dishes.
Also useful
- Free Christmas printables: coloring pages, cards, ornaments and games
- Secret Santa gift ideas – under $10, $25 and $50
- Secret Santa budget: how much to spend?
- Printable Christmas gift vouchers – coupons for time together
- Printable Secret Santa gift tags
- What to write in a Secret Santa card
- Printable Christmas cards
- Secret Santa invitation wording
- How many days until Christmas?
- Christmas bucket list printable – 24 family ideas
Drawing names for gifts too? Secret Santa on santa.haus.