One of the easiest ways to simplify Christmas has to be to start right now and to organize, organize, organize. It is NEVER too early. If you take a just a little bit of time right now to start planning for the holidays, you will reduce the stress and enjoy a wonderfully smooth and relaxed holiday season.
What you need is a plan and there are a number of ways to find a plan. For years, I have prepared for the holidays armed with a Christmas planner and I have found a couple of excellent planners for you that will not break your budget. As a matter of fact, it is hard to believe how inexpensive they are.
The first one is a ring-bound book called Simplify Your Holidays: A Christmas Planner to Use Year after Year by Marcia Ramsland. It is a 2008 book that is likely out of print but, in any case, is available very affordably on Amazon. At under $10, the price is pretty impressive but the contents of this book sound impressive, too. It is packed with information to help you with all of your holiday planning including gift buying, wrapping and mailing; organizing your Christmas cards; planning your home decorations; and preparing for holiday baking and meals. It promises to break the tasks down into pieces so you can work at them over time.
The book that I own is a slightly older one from Reader's Digest that was written by Allana Baroni and Voclo Webster. It is a book from the Simpler Life series called Simplify the Holidays: How to Enjoy the Holidays Without the Stress and promises to help with the same areas as the first book. It is packed with text including tips, hints and lists. It, too, is affordably priced at around $15 for a new copy or less than $10 for a used one.
If you want to get started organizing for Christmas now, consider ordering one of these Christmas planner by following the links shown above.
Here's to a joyful
and stress-free Christmas!
Brenda
Treasures By Brenda
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