Holiday Planner
A calm season, planned on a few pages.
It starts with what matters this year, before any list: three things that make it feel like the holidays, and what you will skip. Then the budget, an eight-week countdown, gifts, cards, menus and hosting, so the last week stays quiet.
Undated · Reuse it every year · Print at home or use on iPad (GoodNotes, Notability) · Personal use
Pages from the file you download
Shown from the US Letter edition. The A4 edition has the same pages.

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What's inside
29 pages in five hyperlinked sections.
- 1–3Cover, how to use, contentsWrite the year on the cover; keep the blank file for next season.
- 4–8PlanWhat matters this year, budget by category, a spending log, an eight-week countdown and key dates.
- 9–15GiftsThree gift-list pages, online orders, stocking fillers and gift exchanges, ideas through the year, and cards.
- 16–20Food & hostingTwo menus, two hosting plans from the day before to one hour before, a shopping list by aisle, and baking.
- 21–24Events, travel & homeInvitations, travel and packing, decorating, giving and traditions.
- 25–27AfterThank-you notes, a season review, and notes for next year.
- 28–29NotesTwo ruled pages.
How it is built
- Undated, so one download plans every season: write the year on the cover and keep the blank file
- Starts with what matters, so the lists that follow plan a calmer season rather than a busier one
- An eight-week countdown with a suggested job for each week, so nothing lands in the last one that could have gone earlier
- A season review in January, read first next year: what to start earlier and what to buy in the sales
It's a flat PDF: annotate it in GoodNotes or Notability, or print it. It does not have typed form fields. US Letter and A4 are both included.
Not ready yet?
Try the free weekly planner and daily focus sheet first — the same calm layout, one page each.
Guides for getting started
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