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Catch Up With The Christmas Countdown:

  • Christmas Countdown Day 42: Holiday Debriefing
  • Christmas Countdown Day 41: Learn About Other Traditions
  • Christmas Countdown Day 40: Simplify Holiday Entertaining!
  • Christmas Countdown Day 39: Make Room For New Toys!
  • Christmas Countdown Day 38: Teach Children To Give!
  • Christmas Countdown Day 37: Simplify Holiday Traditions!
  • Christmas Countdown Day 36: Celebrate! Week
  • Christmas Countdown Day 35: Catch-Up Weekend!
  • Christmas Countdown Day 34: Record Holiday Memories!
  • Christmas Countdown Day 33: Give Thanks!
  • Christmas Countdown Day 32: Holiday House!
  • Christmas Countdown Day 31: Decor Inventory!
  • Christmas Countdown Day 30: Try A Tearfile!
  • Christmas Countdown Day 29: Decorate Week!
  • Christmas Countdown Day 28: Save Money on Holiday Meals!
  • Christmas Countdown Day 27: Baking Specialty!
  • Christmas Countdown Day 26: Plan Holiday Baking!
  • Christmas Countdown Day 25: Plan Holiday Meals!
  • Christmas Countdown Day 24: Clean Out The Freezer!
  • Christmas Countdown Day 23: Clean Out the Refrigerator!
  • Christmas Countdown Day 22: Get Cooking Week!
  • Christmas Countdown Day 21: Give ... to Make a Difference!
  • Christmas Countdown Day 20: Status Check!
  • Christmas Countdown Day 19: Crafting Rule of Four!
  • Christmas Countdown Day 18: Set Up a Wrap and Mail Center!
  • Christmas Countdown Day 17: Get Organized for Catalog Shopping!
  • Christmas Countdown Day 16: Renegotiate Gift Exchanges!
  • Christmas Countdown Day 15: Gifts and Giving Week!
  • Christmas Countdown Day 14: Decor Declutter!
  • Christmas Countdown Day 13: Wardrobe Check!
  • Christmas Countdown Day 12: Christmas Magazines!
  • Christmas Countdown Day 11: Holiday Housework Plan!
  • Christmas Countdown Day 10: 5-10-15 Minutes to Healthy Holidays!
  • Christmas Countdown Day 9: Set a Holiday Budget!
  • Christmas Countdown Day 8: Reality Check Week!
  • Christmas Countdown Day 7: Holiday Home Spruce-Up
  • Christmas Countdown Day 6: Start A Christmas Card List!
  • Christmas Countdown Day 5: Start a Master Gift List!
  • Christmas Countdown Day 4: Make A Family Values Check!
  • Christmas Countdown Day 3: Set Up a Holiday Calendar!
  • Christmas Countdown Day 2: Make A Christmas Planner!
  • Christmas Countdown Day 1: Get Organized!

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Christmas Countdown: Get Ready For Christmas!

By Cynthia Townley Ewer
Editor, OrganizedChristmas.com
Author, Houseworks: Cut the Clutter, Speed Your Cleaning and Calm the Chaos

What do you really want for Christmas? More time, more joy, and less stress? A calmer, more centered holiday celebration is easy when you simplify your holidays with the Christmas Countdown!

The Christmas Countdown is a free six-week Christmas organizing plan from OrganizedChristmas.Com. By breaking Christmas preparations down into small, easy-to-take steps, the Countdown gives you a holiday headstart for a stress-free Christmas season. List, gifts, decor and food--you'll be ready for Christmas with time to spare.

Follow The Plan: During the Countdown, we'll follow a six-week organization plan from the last week in October through the first week in December. Goal: to complete holiday planning and preparations by the first weekend in December.

Six Weekly Themes: Each week has a special theme to focus Christmas organizing.

Week by week, we'll zero in on gift-giving, take charge of holiday budgets, organize Christmas cards, plan holiday meals and decorate for the holidays. Find each week's assignments at the weekly themes pages:

Daily Messages: Each day during the Countdown, you'll read an inspiring daily message on front page of our site. Daily messages bring a dose of inspiration, the day's assignments, links to checklists and printable holiday planner forms, along with recipe, gift and craft ideas for a jolly holiday.

Print A Free Christmas Planner: During Get Organized Week, we'll begin printing more than 50 printable forms, calendars and checklists and build a personal Christmas planner to streamline holiday cleaning, cooking, gift buying, and decorations. Use our printable pages to journal holiday memories, organize preparations and track gift-giving.

Ready? Use the links below to Count Down ... to the best, most stress-free Christmas you've ever had!

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  • Gifts and Giving Week
  • Get Cooking Week
  • Decorate Week
  • Celebrate Week
  • 2008 Christmas Countdown Calendar
  • About the Christmas Countdown
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homekeeping links:

  • New Year In The Kitchen? Clean Out The Refrigerator!
  • Jumpstart January For An Organized Year
  • New Year, New You: Keeping New Year's Resolutions
  • Speed Clean Tips From Cleaning Pros
  • Don't Forget! A Christmas Checklist to Simplify Your Holidays
  • Party Time: Four Steps To Easy Entertaining
  • Sew Organized: Declutter The Sewing Room
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make a christmas planner:

  • Christmas Planner Tour: Just Plain Happy's Holiday Planner
  • Planner Tour: Charming Christmas Organizer
  • Tutorial: Make A Holiday Planner With Technique Trail
  • Holiday Organizer: 12 Days of Christmas Planner
  • Altered File Folder: Cheerful Christmas Planner!
  • Tutorial: Cardstock Holiday Organizer
  • Christmas Planner Tutorial: Altered Spiral Notebook
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Houseworks: Cut the Clutter,
Speed Your Cleaning
and Calm The Chaos
by Cynthia Townley Ewer

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