Christmas Planner

Gifts, budget, cards, menu, shopping list, countdown and guests. Enjoy December instead of surviving it.

9 tabs, all connected

• Start Here — Countdown, budget left, progress
• Gifts — Tracker with status colours
• Budget — Planned vs actual + chart
• Cards — Addresses, written, sent
• Menu — Meals, courses, who brings what
• Shopping — List by store, bought ticks
• Countdown — Week-by-week checklist
• Guests — RSVPs, dietary, sleeping
• Christmas Day — Hour-by-hour schedule
• Blank + Demo files — Start clean or explore the demo

What it does

Every gift, from idea to wrapped

• Person, idea, budget, spent, store
• Status colours: Idea → Ordered → Arrived → Wrapped → Given
• Gift totals feed the budget automatically

A holiday budget you'll actually keep

• Planned vs actual for gifts, food, decor, travel, cards...
• Progress bars and % used
• Total budget left, live

Week-by-week countdown

• 15 pre-filled tasks from 6 weeks out to Dec 25
• Tick when done, rows turn green
• Nothing left for the 24th

Menu planner and shopping list

• Every meal, every course, who brings what
• One shopping list grouped by store
• Estimated total and bought ticks

Cards, guests and RSVPs

• Address list with written and sent ticks
• RSVPs, dietary needs, sleeping arrangements
• Confirmed count and total people

Christmas Day, hour by hour

• Pre-filled schedule from turkey-out-of-the-fridge to film
• Assign who does what
• Tick as the day goes

Ready in 5 minutes

1. Download & open — Open in Excel, or upload to Google Drive and choose 'Save as Google Sheets'.
2. Set your budget — Type your total budget and your gift list. Totals calculate themselves.
3. Tick through December — Countdown, shopping, cards, menu. Everything in one place, on your phone too.

• Works for Christmas, Eid, Hanukkah, New Year: rename anything
• Reusable every year
• Cream cells = type here, white cells = automatic

What you receive

An instant download containing a blank file to start clean, a demo file filled in so you can see how it works, and a short read-me. Works in Google Sheets (free) and in Microsoft Excel, on a phone, a tablet or a computer. Any currency, any country.

Digital download — nothing is posted. No refunds on digital files, but message us if anything does not work and we will fix it.