The BEST Christmas Planning Tips | The ONLY Guide You Need This Year

INSIDE: My BEST tips on Christmas planning. A round-up of all my Christmas posts, you’ll find EVERYTHING you need to make this year’s Christmas LESS stressful and MORE enjoyable – including my FREE Ultimate Christmas Planning Checklist. Don’t forget to download your copy!

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Planning Christmas is no easy task. There’s so much to organise and remember. Deciding what gifts to buy family and friends and what to eat when is just the start! There’s also Christmas cards, Christmas jumpers, Christmas stockings, Christmas lunches and Christmas parties. Then there’s Christmas carolling, a trip to Santa’s Grotto, the Christmas pantomime, gifts for teachers and costumes for the school play.

We also need to decide when to see everyone – without upsetting anyone or spending the whole of Christmas driving here, there and everywhere. Which can be a challenge all in itself! It’s hardly surprising that Christmas is one of the most stressful times of the year!

Easing the Christmas planning stress…

If the idea of Christmas planning fills you with dread, you’re going to LOVE this post. I’m sharing with you my BEST Christmas planning tips from the blog. From getting your Christmas shopping done to prepping the Christmas dinner and from coming up with ideas of what to put in your Christmas Eve Box to knowing what to do with Elf on the Shelf, you’ll find EVERYTHING you need to make your Christmas planning this year LESS stressful and MORE enjoyable.

Let’s dive in!

A happy and stress-free Christmas…

With so much to plan and prepare, it can be difficult to know what to do when. Working out what to do first and making sure you’ve not forgotten anything can be really overwhelming. If you want this year’s Christmas to be a happy, stress-free affair, the Christmas planning tips in my How to Plan a Stress-free Christmas post will help. In it I reveal:

My fool-proof 6-step system to get you started on your Christmas planning.
How to set your Christmas budget – and not overspend.
How to prep for winter,
and MUCH more!

Christmas doesn’t have to be complicated or stressful. It only becomes stressful when we take on too much and put unnecessary pressure on ourselves. This post shows you how to keep Christmas happy and stress-free.

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Your Christmas shopping sorted…

Want to know how to come up with the perfect gift list and get all your Christmas shopping done? You’ll find all the answers in my post How to Get Your Christmas Shopping Done. From the benefit of starting your gift planning early to brainstorming when you have no idea what to buy, this post will help you get your Christmas shopping sorted with minimal stress and fuss. You’ll find great ideas like:

Creating a master list of who to buy for BEFORE thinking about gifts.
Thinking outside the box for unusual gift ideas.
Keeping a note of where you saw a gift idea so you can find it again later.
Creating a Christmas shopping battle plan.
Wrapping your gifts as you buy them.
Having a stash of ‘emergency’ gifts just in case,
and much more!

Follow the steps in this Christmas shopping post and you’ll have all your gifts purchased AND wrapped with plenty of time to spare!

A family Christmas…

The best part about Christmas is spending quality time with the ones we love. But when the holiday season is so busy and we’re dashing around, grabbing time together can be tough. In my post Five Ways to Enjoy a Family Christmas, you’ll find some great tips on how to make the most of the time you have together this Christmas. Tips like:

Understanding what Christmas means to you.
Creating a family Christmas Bucket List.
Christmas family traditions.
Spending money on experiences, not things.
Remembering to take time for you too,
and MUCH more!

If you want to make the most of the Christmas break this year and spend as much time with the ones you love as possible, this family Christmas post is the post for you.

Christmas meal planning made easy…

What will you be eating over the Christmas break? What’s on your menu for Christmas Day? What do you need to buy when and what can you prep in advance? If meal planning totally overwhelms you, you’ll LOVE the tips in my Christmas Meal Planning Made Easy post. Consider it your step-by-step guide to getting your Christmas dinner on the table. In it, I walk you through:

Deciding what you’re going to eat.
Creating your Christmas meal plan.
Stocking your pantry and freezer.
Planning your meals for either side of Christmas.
Prepping what you can in advance,
and MUCH more!

Follow the steps I share in this Christmas meal planning post and your Christmas meal preparations will be a breeze! Instead of stressing in the kitchen, you’ll be able to enjoy the festivities with everyone else because everything will have been taken care of.

Pulling it all together…

You’ve planned everything to perfection and you’ve bought and wrapped all your presents. You’ve got plenty of activities to do together in your diary and you’ve nailed your Christmas food preparations. Now it’s time to pull everything together and make Christmas happen. How? With my How to Pull Everything Together post! In it I reveal how to:

Review your Christmas planning to make sure you haven’t forgotten anything.
Finalise everything a few days before.
Plan for after Christmas so that back to school isn’t a mad rush.
Know when to stop – when enough planning is enough,
and MUCH more!

Don’t let all your hard work go to waste. Pull everything together with minimal stress and fuss by following the tips in this ‘pulling everything together’ post.

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Elf on the Shelf…

No countdown to Christmas is complete without Elf of the Shelf! Great fun for all the family, it takes “Santa’s watching you” to a whole new level. Coming up with new ideas of what to do with Elf each day can be tough. But you’ll find lots of suggestions in 24 Quick and Easy Elf on the Shelf Ideas. Ideas like:

Arriving from the North Pole by special courier.
Elf captured.
Spiderman Elf.
Mechanic Elf.
Attacked by T-Rex!
Elf learns to fly,
and MANY more!

If you’re new to Elf on the Shelf or just need some fresh inspiration, this Elf on the Shelf post will help. With 24 ideas to try, there’s enough to see you through from December 1st right up until Christmas Eve!

Family Christmas Traditions…

We all have family Christmas traditions. Christmas customs that we repeat year-in, year-out that make the holiday season special and Christmas feel like Christmas. Big or small they make us feel festive and bring the family together.

In The BEST Family Christmas Traditions to Do with Your Kids this Year, I share all of our favourite Christmas customs PLUS the best ideas from around the web as recommended by my fellow blogging buddies. You’ll find traditions like:

Decorating the tree on December 1st.
Christmas-themed pyjamas for the whole family.
Drinking Prosecco for the grown-ups whilst unwrapping presents.
Watching Christmas movies.
Playing Christmas board games.
Going on a Christmas lights scavenger hunt.
Collecting toys for charity,
and MANY more!

Whether you’re looking for some new traditions to try this year or this is your first family Christmas, you’ll find plenty of ideas in this family Christmas traditions post.

A Christmas Eve Box…

The BEST way to mark the start of the Christmas celebrations? A Christmas Eve Box! Not only does a Christmas Eve Box make Christmas Eve magical, it really helps to bring the family together too. It’s also a LOT of fun! That being said, what should you put in it? Find out in the post What to Put in Your Christmas Eve Box. In it, I share not only what I put in our own Christmas Eve Box but the best suggestions from around the web too. Suggestions like:

A Christmas-themed bedtime story.
Christmas-themed pyjamas.
Reindeer food so Santa knows where to land his sleigh.
A remembrance candle to remember lost loved ones.
A magic Santa key.
Mulled wine spices.
Hot chocolate and marshmallows,
and MANY more!

This year the Christmas Eve Box is set to be the newest most popular tradition for UK families. If you’ve never had one before, this is the year to do it – and this Christmas Eve Box post shows you exactly what to put in it to make it both fun AND magical!

25 more Christmas planning and survival tips…

Taken from some of the best blogs on the web, follow the Christmas planning tips in my Christmas Planning and Survival Tips post and you’re guaranteed to have your BEST Christmas yet! In it, I share tips on:

Christmas food and drink.
Quality family time.
Stress-free travel.
Putting yourself first,
and MUCH more!

This Christmas planning and survival tips round-up post has everything you need to make Christmas LESS stressful and MORE enjoyable. Be sure to click the links I share and check out the related posts too where you’ll find plenty more Christmas planning tips PLUS a few freebies for you to download too!

Your BEST Christmas yet…

If every year you promise yourself that this year is going to be different, that this year you’ll be more organised, but never quite manage it, you’ll LOVE my 30 Days to a Stress-free Christmas eBook. Packed FULL of quick and easy challenges designed to make your Christmas planning a breeze, it’ll help you to get ahead of the game and avoid any last-minute panic. It comes with lots of handy Christmas planning printables too. Printables like:

Christmas-themed daily planner.
Christmas master task list.
Budget planning sheet.
Christmas spending tracker.
Hosting checklist.
Christmas menu planner,
and MANY more!

If you want to sit back and enjoy the mulled wine and mince pies just like everyone else on Christmas Eve, knowing that EVERYTHING has been taken care of, 30 Days to a Stress-free Christmas is THE eBook for you! PLUS, for a limited time only, you can get your copy for just £7 instead of the regular price of £24!