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Gifts, cards, food, decorations and travel — budgeted and dated to Christmas Day so nothing (and no one) slips.
Everything this setup adds to your household. Dates are worked out from your answers when you set it up.
Created as a project, with everything below inside it.
Write your gift list with a per-person budget
Task · Due 6 weeks before your christmas Day
The single best way to avoid overspending: list everyone ({{num_people}} people) with a budget each. Adjust the gift cost line below so it matches and rolls into your ledger.
Sort Secret Santa / secret-gift coordination
Task · Due 4 weeks before your christmas Day
Agree who's in, the spend limit and the draw early so everyone has time to buy.
Buy the gifts
Task · Due 3 weeks before your christmas Day
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Sign in to set upOrder early — popular items sell out and delivery slows down the closer it gets.
Write and post your Christmas cards
Task · Due 10 days before your christmas Day
Get them in the post before the deadline. **Check this year's Royal Mail last posting dates** — they change every year and are only published in the autumn.
Stock up: wrapping paper, tags, sellotape & batteries
Task · Due 1 week before your christmas Day
The catch-all that always gets forgotten — nothing worse than a gift that won't switch on.
Christmas gifts budget
Cost · £300.00 · One-off · Payment 3 weeks before your christmas Day
The killer feature: set this to your total gift budget so the spend shows in your ledger and you can see if you're on track. Adjust the amount to your plan.
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Book your supermarket Christmas delivery slot
Task · Due 6 weeks before your christmas Day
Festive delivery slots typically open in November and sell out weeks ahead — book yours early.
Pre-order the Christmas food (turkey, trimmings, cheese)
Task · Due 4 weeks before your christmas Day
Butchers, bakeries and supermarket collection orders fill up early — lock in the centrepiece now.
Christmas big shop / delivery
Event · Starts 2 days before your christmas Day
The final top-up shop for fresh food — go early, shops get chaotic.
Christmas food shop
Cost · £200.00 · One-off · Payment 1 week before your christmas Day
A one-off outgoing for the festive food shop — adjust the amount to your household.
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Book travel to visit family
Task · Due 8 weeks before your christmas Day
Only if you're travelling — festive trains and flights are cheapest and least sold-out booked early.
Put up the Christmas decorations
Event · Starts 3 weeks before your christmas Day
A traditional weekend job — tree, lights and all.
Christmas Day
Event · Starts On your christmas Day
The main event — 25 December. Enjoy it.
Take down the decorations
Event · Starts 12 days after your christmas Day
Traditionally by Twelfth Night (5–6 January) to avoid bad luck.
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Send thank-you notes and messages
Task · Due 1 week after your christmas Day
While you still remember who gave what.
Sort returns and exchanges
Task · Due 2 weeks after your christmas Day
Wrong size or a duplicate? Return windows are longer over Christmas but not forever — check the deadline.
Cancel any free trials you took out for gifts
Task · Due 3 weeks after your christmas Day
Subscriptions and free trials started for presents quietly renew into paid plans — cancel the ones you don't want.
Welcome to your Christmas setup
Guidance
We've laid out your whole festive season — gifts and cards, food and hosting, decorations and travel, and the January follow-ups — every item dated relative to **Christmas Day (25 December)**. Two to watch: set your **gift budget** so the spend rolls into your ledger, and **check this year's Royal Mail last posting dates** before sending cards, since they change every year. This is an annual setup — install it fresh each year. This note creates nothing.