December 5, 2011

Christmas Day Preparation

20 daysWhether you are having guests over for Christmas celebrations or having a more intimate celebration with your own family, you likely have activities that need quite a bit of forethought and planning.

Countdown to ChristmasThe Countdown to Christmas Challenge for today is to begin to plan out the final days before Christmas. By setting goals and deadlines for yourself, you’ll have a better idea of what needs to be accomplished and when each task should be scheduled in the next two weeks. Consider final gift buying and wrapping, travel preparations, cleaning, meal preparations, parties and events. ListPlanIt‘s Christmas Preparation* page that lets you plan out the final weeks and days to Christmas.

* Available as a download in the 100 Days to Christmas 2011 eBook.  Members to ListPlanIt.com can print or download a Christmas Preparation planning page in Holidays & Occasions.

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October 25, 2011

Entertaining for Christmas

61 daysMany households host a party or get-together sometime during the Christmas holiday season. It might be a cookie exchange with friends, a kids’ party with your playgroup, a holiday tea, a casual family gathering of food and gifts, or a more formal dinner party with just adults.

Countdown to ChristmasToday’s Countdown to Christmas Challenge is to begin to think about what might be happening in your home in December. Maybe you’ve always wanted to host a get-together in your home but never considered the details in time to organize it. Maybe your home is already designated as the hub for Christmas gatherings in your family. Don’t wait! It will only bring stress if you put it off. Start thinking about your entertaining budget, list of guests, food, supplies, and location. ListPlanIt‘s Holiday Party Planner* is a great way to get started with your Christmas party planning.

* Available as a download in the 100 Days to Christmas 2011 eBook.  Members to ListPlanIt.com can print or download a blank Holiday Party Planner in Holidays & Occasions as a worksheet for your holiday event planning.

Visit the 100 Days to Christmas Facebook page and tell us where your holiday gatherings are usually held. If in your home, what are your best tips for hosting?

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September 17, 2011

Calendars Ready!

99In order to make things as simple as possible, it is important to have a realistic idea of your goals for the holidays and set a timeline for which to accomplish them. Planning ahead is key.

Countdown to ChristmasOne way to do this is by completing today’s Countdown to Christmas Challenge. You will first need to print or copy calendar pages. You can use your own, or help yourself to the following templates from ListPlanIt.com for September*, October*, November*, and December*. Three-hole punch each page and place them in the front of your holiday planner.

There are several holidays and special occasions between now and Christmas. You can find a list of them here. Be sure to mark them on your calendar pages. Here at 100 Days to Christmas, we will be figuring these days into our planning.

ListPlanIt.comListPlanIt wants to give three Print Memberships to 100 Days readers. Also, we are giving away five 100 Days to Christmas 2011 eBooks.  You have several ways to enter to win :

1) leave a comment here and show us your pre-holiday spirit,

2) tell your friends & followers about 100 Days to Christmas on Twitter (it’s easy to do with our share buttons below) and leave a comment here linking to your Twitter handle (be sure to follow @100Days on Twitter, too),

3) subscribe to 100 Days to Christmas‘ RSS feed using a reader or by email (and get our daily posts delivered straight to your inbox) and leave a comment here,

4) blog about 100 Days to Christmas, then leave a comment here linking to your post.

5) follow our page on Facebook and tell our entire community that you are going to participate by leaving the following message on our Facebook wall, “I’m joining in at 100DaystoChristmas.com!  I’m planning early for a fun &  meaningful holiday season.”.

One of each of these per day please. You have until Sunday, September 18 to enter.

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