Bake cookies, make ice lanterns, menu for Christmas Brunch… everything.Īs an example, the first task is “Put up Tree”, and following that task along, it says “2 strings white LEDs” “Canadian Tire” “December 5th”. (Me vs Joe) “Begin” is when the task needs to be started, and “By When” well, you can figure that one out. “Purchase what” lists all the things I don’t have on hand that I need to complete the task, “Zone” lists where that thing comes from, and who gets it. The tasks run down the side under “To Do” and then the columns read: Purchase what?, Zone, Begin, and By when? All of those should be pretty clear. It lists things that need doing by Christmas, what I need to do them, and when I need to do it. Spread out everything to make sure I don’t get stuck wrapping at midnight on Christmas Eve (when I should be sitting by the glow of a tree, glass of excellent whiskey in hand.) So, it all goes on a spreadsheet, and a bunch of you have asked what’s on it, and what it does, and so – for better or for worse, and I hope it helps, here’s what I do: (Shopping, cleaning, wrapping… to give you the short list.) For me, the answer has been to organize the crap out of it. I wrote about why I use a spreadsheet here, and you don’t have to go read it – I can tell you that I love Christmas, and I love it to be a certain way, and that for years I’ve searched for the proper balance between the things I love to do this time of year (gingerbread, knitting, gatherings with friends and family, beautiful tables full of good food, a big tree, gifts people love opening) and the things I don’t love so much.
There’s been lots of questions about “the spreadsheet” and how I use it to keep track of Christmas, and get the whole thing off the ground.
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