Get Ready for Christmas with Time to Spare

Steps

 * 1) Three to Six Months Before (Before Mid-September)
 * 2) * Make a family plan.
 * 3) * Buy plane tickets.
 * 4) Two Months Before (Mid-October)
 * 5) * Put activities on a calender.
 * 6) * Update your hoiday card list for new addresses.
 * 7) * Shop for cards and wrapping paper.
 * 8) * Start baking things you can freeze.
 * 9) * Make plans for overnight guests.
 * 10) Six Weeks Before (Begining of November)
 * 11) * Make a master gift list for the people who you will be buying for and what they may want.
 * 12) * Have your children start to write you their wish lists.
 * 13) * Set a budget if you would like too.
 * 14) * Start Christmas shopping in earnest.
 * 15) One Month Before (Directly After Thanksgiving)
 * 16) * Do any online shopping.
 * 17) * Shop for higher-ticket items like electronics.
 * 18) * Wrap gifts as you buy them.
 * 19) * Take stock of all your decorations and see if it's time for an upgrade.
 * 20) * Take stock of silverwear, dishes, and glasses.
 * 21) Three weeks before (First Week of December)
 * 22) * Start to address holiday cards and mail them.
 * 23) * Buy a live tree.
 * 24) * Decorate!
 * 25) * Finalize menus.
 * 26) * Make a master holiday grocery list.
 * 27) * Oreder your turkey, ham, roast beef etc.
 * 28) Two Weeks Before (Second Week of December)
 * 29) * Be done shopping for people out of town.
 * 30) * Have all out of town gifts in the mail by December 10th.
 * 31) * Shop for nonperishable items.
 * 32) One Week Before (Third Week of December)
 * 33) * Deep clean your house.
 * 34) * Buy batteries for children's toys and anything that needs them.
 * 35) * Be done shopping for people that you will be seeing.
 * 36) Three Days Before (December 22nd)
 * 37) * Shop for perishable items like fruits and vegetables.
 * 38) * Set the table.
 * 39) Two Days Before (December 23rd)
 * 40) * Start cooking.
 * 41) * Buy fresh flowers.
 * 42) Christmas Eve
 * 43) * Recharge batteries or any devices.
 * 44) * Finish last minute wrapping.
 * 45) * Finish cooking.
 * 46) * Make a timelind for the next day.
 * 47) * Sit back, and relax!
 * 48) After Christmas (Before Mid-January)
 * 49) * Clean your house.
 * 50) * Return anything.
 * 51) * Put decorations away for next year.
 * 52) * Write thank you notes.
 * 53) * Put tree outside.

Tips

 * Start shopping early, that way if someone decides they don't want something you already bought that you have plenty of time to exchange it.