I have
mentioned before that I work on Christmas all year long. For me it is not only a matter of staying on
a budget but something I really enjoy doing.
I like to have all my gifts finished, wrapped and ready to give before
Thanksgiving Day so I can spend the holidays focused on the actual
holiday. Not spent in the stores swept
up in all that madness and chaos at risk of spending too much money and getting
stressed out. Our holidays are quite
relaxing and enjoyable.
In
January I made gift bags with my daughters one Saturday. We recycled our Christmas cards on this
project. In February we made gift tags
and we sorted and re-organized the gift wrap bin.
In
March I went through all of our leftover Christmas cards and decided which ones
to use and then I updated our card list.
In April I went through our Christmas ornaments and did a little more
purging.
Now it
is May and this is when I typically write up my gift list because in June I
start my Christmas shopping. I
brainstorm and decide what I want to give my children, my parents and close
friends and then I come up with a list of friends and neighbors to give smaller
homemade items to. I also decide on a
standard item to give to my children’s teachers.
Before
long I have a pretty long list and a resulting “To Do” list to go along with
it. No problem because I have plenty of
time to work on it and a lot of fun projects ahead. I will keep you posted along the way.
When do
you begin to prepare for Christmas?
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