Christmas and New Year’s Eve Prep Calendar for December
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Preparing for the holidays can be a lot, especially when day-to-day life is still going on. Our December Christmas and New Year’s Eve prep calendar gives you a focused and structured plan to get your holidays and NYE planned and your home organized.
To help you stay ahead, you can use our Christmas planner, our mini decluttering wins checklists, and our December decluttering calendar (coming later today) to keep you on track.
The printable for the Christmas and NYE prep can be found at the bottom of this article. Use it to reduce decisions and get ahead of everything that needs to be done.
Christmas and NYE Prep Ideas
Below, you can take a closer look at all of the ideas in the printable. You may be further ahead with some areas, so feel free to move the schedule around as per your needs.
Write a list of your holiday goals and make a December bucket list.
Create a gift list, including the names and budget.
For each person on your list, brainstorm some gift ideas.
Get all the holiday decor out of storage and see what else you need this year.
Have a shopping day (online or go to the stores in person).
Have a self-care day to recharge for the week ahead.
Brainstorm some Christmas and NYE menu ideas.
Start decorating the house to your favorite holiday music.
Set up a little gift-wrapping station and start wrapping gifts.
Write holiday cards and mail them or have them ready to give in person.
Mail gifts to family and friends you can’t see in person.
Have a holiday movie night at home.
Have a second shopping day.
Continue decorating the house.
Finish shopping for all gifts.
Make Christmas and NYE playlists.
Visit a Christmas market.
Bake holiday cookies.
Finish wrapping all the gifts.
Deep clean the house if hosting.
Volunteer or donate things to a charity.
Do a final grocery run for any fresh produce/missing items.
Pre-cook what you can (and refrigerate/freeze as appropriate).
Have your Christmas Eve tradition.
Celebrate Christmas Day. Take a family/friend photo and send messages to loved ones who couldn’t be there.
Take a self-care day to recharge.
Make a plan for NYE (theme, music, menu).
Go grocery shopping for NYE menu.
Prep what you can for NYE ahead of time.
Have a NYE prep day, getting all the last-minute things ready.
Celebrate NYE and set one main goal for 2026.
The Christmas and NYE prep calendar is ready here for you.
It’s a busy time of year for so many of us. If you can go into December with a plan and all of your to-do’s identified, that will massively help with the overwhelm. Good luck, and we hope you have a wonderful December with loved ones!
