Holiday Grand Plan

Simplify your holidays with a week-by-week Christmas planner

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2008 HGP calendar
  about the plan
aug 31 list week
sep 7 question week
sep 14 entry/foyer
sep 21 master bed
sep 28 master bath
oct 5 kids room
oct 12 guest room
oct 19 kitchen
oct 26 pantry/closets
nov 2 family room
nov 9 garage/storage
nov 16 attic/storage
nov 23 dining room
nov 30 holiday decor
dec 7 finish-up week
dec 14 maintenance
dec 21 celebrate
dec 28 New Year's

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Question Week

Week Two? It's all about questions during Question Week in the Holiday Grand Plan.

During this week, we'll continue making lists and planning our holiday. We'll get in touch with our values through important questions. In the cleaning component, we tackle the living room, decluttering and deep-cleaning to prepare for holiday entertaining.

Ready? Let's get organized with the Holiday Grand Plan!

Grand Plan Deep Cleaning/Organizing Area:

  • Living Room
  • Living room cleaning checklist form

Holiday Prep:

  • Buy extra flour, sugar, shortening, etc.
  • Make one extra meal for the freezer labeled HOLIDAY MEAL. This should be large enough to feed the family plus two people.
    (Find recipes and ideas for freezer cooking at OrganizedHome.Com's Freezer Cooking Guide.)

Browse Week:

  • Develop ideas for gifts, decorations.
  • Order Christmas cards and address labels.
  • For your friends of other religions take the time to find out what their major holiday is and look for an appropriate card to send to them at that time.
  • Divide gift responsibilities with other family members.

This week's printable forms from OrganizedChristmas.Com include:

  • gifts to make list
  • holiday menu planner
  • freezer inventory

Ask these questions:

  • Do I see Christmas time primarily as a time for entertaining friends and renewing long lost acquaintances or as a time for family?
  • How much emphasis do our Christmas activities place on the spiritual side of Christmas?
  • How involved is my family in the Christmas preparation?
  • What activities are particularly important to our family at Christmas? To myself?
  • Why do we observe the traditions we do in our house?
  • How important is an elaborately decorated house, homemade gifts or food, to my feelings about Christmas?
  • What would my ideal Christmas be like?

‹ List Week up Entry / Foyer Week ›
  • Printer-friendly version
  • Send to friend

Simplify Your Holidays:

  • French Memory Board: Sew Simple Gift to Craft
  • June 2008 Rudolph Club Meeting
  • Patriotic Gift In A Jar: Red, White and Blue Brownies
  • Beat the Heat: Make A Cool Tie!
  • July 4th Recipe: American Blessings Mix
  • Dreamsicle Cookies In A Jar
  • Puzzler Puzzle Mat: Sew Simple Gift to Make
  • Journal in a Jar? No, in a Bucket!
  • May 2008 Rudolph Club Meeting
  • Old Glory: How To Display The Flag
more

Get Organized At Home:

  • Print An Activity Binder for Stress-Free Family Travel
  • Travel Tips: Get Organized For Family Travel
  • School's Out! Summer Survival for Busy Moms
  • Summer Cooking Tips: Cool Off in the Kitchen!
  • Summer Cleaning Chore Checklist
  • Dollar Store Closets
  • The Clutter Within: What's Your Clutter Personality?
more

From The Author Of:



Houseworks

Houseworks: Cut the Clutter,
Speed Your Cleaning
and Calm The Chaos
by Cynthia Townley Ewer


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