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The Ultimate Christmas Planner
Plan the whole run-up to Christmas one week at a time,
so you're not cramming everything in at the last minute.
See it in your hands
This isn't a bare checklist. It's a proper planner you'll be glad to open each week — gifts, food, budget, home, traditions and 10 festive recipes, all in one calm place.
Get the plannerYou love Christmas. You always have.
But somewhere in the middle of December, it stops feeling like the season you love and starts feeling like a list you can't get to the bottom of.
The month vanishes. The kids are off school, there's a nativity play on Tuesday and a work party on Thursday, someone's come down with a cold, and the shopping still isn't done. You're carrying all of it in your head, hoping you haven't forgotten anything.
Then it's Christmas Eve. Everyone's in bed, and you're still up, wrapping the last of the presents far later than you meant to, wondering why you do this to yourself every single year.
You don't want a bigger to-do list. You want to get to Christmas Day with everything done, and enough left in you to enjoy it. That's what this planner is for.
With it, you'll:
This Christmas vs last Christmas
It's the second week of December and your shopping is already done.
A little done early, every week – so none of it lands on you at once.
If Christmas runs away from you every year, you're not the problem. The plan is.
Most of us try to get through Christmas with a simple plan, and a plan is a good start. But a simple plan assumes your calendar is clear and nothing goes wrong.
December is the opposite of that. It's the busiest month of the year. There are nativity plays, the kids finish school, there are events and parties, and half the family comes down with something the moment the weather turns. A simple plan only holds up when life behaves, and in December, it does anything but.
The fix is a plan with a long runway, one with room for the parties, the school plays and the week everyone's ill.
I created the Ultimate Christmas Planner after one Christmas Eve I'll never forget.
It was half past one in the morning and there I was, cross-legged on my cold bedroom floor with a pile of presents, a roll of wrapping paper and the sticky tape, wrapping the last of the gifts when all I wanted to do was sleep. I'd spent the whole day with family, been running around like a headless chicken, and there I was again, wrapping into the early hours because I hadn't prepared enough.
I love Christmas. So why did I keep doing this to myself?
That night I decided, never again. Never another Christmas Eve wrapping presents at 1am because I'd left it too late. I was going to make a plan to prepare for Christmas with time to spare, so I could enjoy the season I loved.
So I built it. A weekly task list for the whole run-up to Christmas, plus every other page I needed to stay organised and ready. And I've never had a late-night Christmas Eve wrapping session since.
Women have been using it and loving it ever since I first made it. Now it's more than 60 pages, and it's yours.
Inside the planner
The heart of the planner is the Weekly Tasks.
Instead of one long, overwhelming list, the planner breaks Christmas down into small weekly steps you work through at your own pace. There's no set start date. You begin whenever suits you, whether that's August, September or later, and the planner picks up from there.
The Weekly Tasks run across 14 weeks, so you've got a proper runway into Christmas. Want a shorter one? There are blank Weekly Task pages too, so you can build your own plan to fit the time you've got.
Each week, you open the planner and you know exactly what to do. A little done early, every week, so none of it lands on you at once. By the time December gets busy, the big things are already handled.
(The planner also includes calendars from July, for anyone who likes a head start on handmade gifts.)
Meet the maker
Hi, I'm Elisa. I started Paper Me Pretty because I love creating beautiful planning pages, and I've been making my own for about 15 years, long before it was ever a business.
I'm a mum, I run a busy household, and Christmas is my favourite time of year. For years I loved it and dreaded it in equal measure, because I was the one quietly holding all of it together.
I first made this planner to solve a problem of my own. I still use it every year, and honestly I couldn't do Christmas without it now.
Women all over the world use it now too, which I don't think I'll ever quite get used to.
If you've read this far, we're probably a lot alike. Come and plan a Christmas you can finally enjoy.
Everything inside
Gift lists, stocking stuffers, a gift closet inventory, internet order and Black Friday trackers, a wrapping station checklist, and your Christmas card and thank-you lists. So everything's bought, wrapped and posted in good time, and you never spend another Christmas Eve on the floor with the sticky tape.
A Christmas and party menu planner, recipe ideas, baking recipes, guest dietary requirements, a table layout, a cooking countdown, and pantry and freezer inventories. So Christmas dinner runs to time and you're not staring into a full fridge wondering where to start.
A Christmas budget, an expenses tracker and a shopping list. So you enjoy the season knowing exactly what you've spent, and January doesn't arrive with a shock.
Home spruce-up tasks, linen and tableware checklists, bathroom and guest room inventories, decor inventories, DIY decor and a decor sketchpad. So the house is ready for visitors without a scramble to clean the night before.
A Christmas focus page, festive traditions, an advent plan, activity planning, a bucket list, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day schedules, and pages to capture the memories. So you don't get to Boxing Day realising you were too busy to enjoy any of it.
Including Mulled Wine, Gingerbread Cookies, Stollen and more, ready for your family to enjoy.
From people who use it
"The planner exceeded my expectations. It really is the best Christmas Planner available, and I say this as someone who has looked at Christmas Planners for years."
"It contains everything I need to plan for Christmas."
"I've been using it since you first created it and it truly makes my life easier. It's a beautiful planner. Thank you for all your hard work."
Get the planner
Digital, physical, or a refill if you already own the book.
Digital downloads are non-refundable once delivered. Questions? Contact us.
You know you need this if...
You love Christmas but keep arriving at it worn out instead of enjoying it.
You'd rather prepare a little each week than cram it all into a frantic December.
You've tried to wing it before and ended up wrapping into the early hours (we've all been there).
You like beautiful stationery that you'll actually use, not just admire.
It's probably not for you if:
You genuinely love leaving everything to the last minute and wouldn't change a thing.
You want someone to do it all for you. This is a plan you follow, and it works because you do.
Questions
This year doesn't have to end with you on the bedroom floor at half past one, wrapping the last of the presents.
You could get to Christmas Day with the gifts wrapped, the food planned, the house ready and your budget in hand, free to be present for the people you love and the heart of the season.
The planner carries the plan, so you don't have to carry it all in your head. Start whenever suits you, give yourself a proper runway into Christmas, and let this be the Christmas you finally get to enjoy.
