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Have an Organized Christmas with a Christmas Planner

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November 16, 2022 By Lisa Sharp 1 Comment

Have an organized Christmas this year with a Christmas planner. It’s an easy way to avoid stress and be prepared for the holidays. 

person on laptop and writing in notebook

The holidays will be here soon. It’s so easy to let the time get away from us and end up rushing around this time of the year. Taking a few moments now to start planning will help prevent the panic and rush.

For the last several years, I’ve used a Christmas planner to help me stay on track for Christmas. Having this planner prevents so much stress.

You can use a simple notebook to create a planner. It’s cheap but a lot of work and if you have bad handwriting, like me, it can end up pretty messy.

There are also some fancy Christmas planners out there that you can buy already done for you. The problem is they can be pricey and they are only good for one year. There are also likely pages you’ll never use that just waste space.

person in christmas sweater planning

After years of trying different things for my Christmas planner, I decided to create my own and offer it to you as well. I designed it using minimum decorative elements to save on ink and allow you to decorate the pages yourself if you enjoy decorative planning.

The Christmas planner is also undated so you buy it once and can use it forever. Some pages will need to be reprinted each year but you’ll never have to buy it again. This takes one thing off your to-do list each year.

I wanted to also walk you through how I set up my planner. It’s very easy but it prevents so much stress. This method can be used using other Christmas planners as well.

Setting Up Your Christmas Planner

mockup of christmas planner

Supplies Needed:

  • Christmas Planner Printables
  • 3-Ring Binder
  • 3-Hole Punch or Sheet Protectors

First, look through the planner and see which pages you will use. Only print the ones you want to use. You may want a couple of sheets of some pages.

Once you’ve printed your pages put your cover page at the front of the binder. If you plan to use this binder for other holidays print off the holiday planner cover below and put the Christmas planner cover page inside of the binder.

Punch holes in your sheets or put them in sheet protectors. I like to use sheet protectors because I use the planner so much and sometimes have it in the kitchen while cooking. This keeps the planner looking great all year.

Fill out the sheets you are able to now and start using your planner. Make sure you keep it somewhere you will see it so you use it.

FREE HOLIDAY PLANNER COVER

Want to use your planner for multiple holidays? These covers are perfect for helping you set up a full holiday planner. I keep several holidays in mine. These are some of the ones that I keep in my planner.

  • Halloween 
  • Thanksgiving
  • Christmas
  • Easter
  • Valentine’s Day

I’m working on creating some more as well. I love having everything in one place so I can easily find what I’m looking for and stay organized during every holiday. 

Sign up below to get a few different holiday planner covers to choose from. You can use it for my holiday planners or make your own, whatever works best for you!

Get Your Own Christmas Planner

Christmas planner preview

Now that you know how to set up a planner you need to get your printables if that is the method you want to use. The photos in this post have been of my Christmas planner.

It’s a simple design that doesn’t use too much ink and allows you to do some of your own decorating if you enjoy that kind of thing. 

Since it’s printable it’s very customizable. You can print whatever pages you feel useful and skip the others. You can also print extra sheets if you need more room. 

It comes with over 80 different pages that will help you be super organized this year. People will think you are the Martha Stewart of Christmas if they see your planner.

It’s a really simple way to get organized for the holidays and stay organized year after year. People think I must speed tons of time on Christmas prep but the truth is systems like this mean I don’t have to spend much time at all!

You can spend less time on Christmas prep and be less stressed. That sounds good, right? It is the truth. It’s what I’ve been doing for years.

Grab your Christmas planner printables and get started today. You will thank yourself when the busy part of the season comes around and you are already prepared.

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  1. giulia lombardo says

    November 13, 2019 at 11:36 am

    lovely idea!!!

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