Time to hop aboard the holiday train before you find yourself flat on the tracks! Here are a few things you can be working on today (if you haven't already) to help keep the busy (read: stress) at bay over the holiday season:
+ Design/order Christmas cards.
+ Compiling mailing list and order holiday stamps.
+ Schedule any social events you would like to host, and send out "save the dates" in the next week.
+ Come up with some festive desserts that fit any special dietary requirements you might have, make them up, and freeze them single-serving-style to bring to holiday social events, so you don't end up feeling completely left out (and consequently depressed) at food-laden functions.
+ Have a brainstorming session with your husband/family about what your ideal Christmas looks like, and then make it happen...even if it can't be right on December 25th.
+ Along the same lines, discuss the entire holiday season with those in your home, and see what their top priorities are. What you think they want, and what they really want, might possibly be two different things!
+ Decide on what family gift giving will look like with extended family this year ASAP.
+ Make up menus and shopping lists for large traditional meals, and shop for the non-perishables a little each week.
+ This week, make a couple double-batches of your dinner, and freeze the second for those busy December nights (soups are GREAT for freezing!).
+ On your next shopping trip, pick up a couple of candles or bottles of wine to use as hostess gifts (and wrap them up immediately when you get home), so you'll never been scrambling at the last minute for one when headed out to a party.
+ Remember to schedule time to decompress into the next couple of months. Whether that looks like family movie night at home with take-out, getting to the gym regularly, two bubble baths a week, meeting a friend for coffee, or scheduling festive mall-walking dates, get it on your calendar NOW! I promise, you'll be glad you did! :-)
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