Quick ... while the moment is fresh: write down the year's holiday memories. A Christmas journal will bring the moments to mind long after the New Year.

We make it easy, with a printable holiday memories journal page:

Holiday Memories Journal

It's every mother's Christmas morning list: a record of gifts received, to be used for the next day's thank-you note session.

If you're a Microsoft Word user (Word 97 or later), check out this free printable:

Free Printable Gifts Received Tracker Form

Aimed at scrapbookers (but pretty enough for gift-giving), blogger The Fine Art Of Rambling shares instructions for a luxe Christmas planner.

Yes, it's crafted from a base of paper bags, but oh, that scrapbooking bling! Check out the illustrated how-tos and bring a little eye-candy joy to getting organized for Christmas:

How To Make A Christmas Planner

Shopping for gifts? Get organized for gift-giving with this free online service from Amazon.com!

Using an online interface, add gift recipients and track birthdays, gift ideas and gifts sent. If you're an Amazon.com power user, you'll find the organizer pre-stocked with your Amazon.com Friends list, and from any gift addresses you've entered in the past.

Once entered, you can check recipients' Amazon.com wish lists, track gifts sent, and record gift ideas for future use. The site will even remind you about upcoming birthdays. Neat!

Amazon.com Online Gift Organizer

Ready to gear up for holidays around the year? Do it online with GiftBox.com!

This Web-based holiday organizer allows you to track gift ideas, gift budgets and wishlists from any Web browser. You won't forget a birthday with their e-mail reminder service, and you can even send e-card thank you notes, and track gift returns!

The free service is limited to three holidays; a paid annual subscription (around $19) allows unlimited use. Get organized!

Clever blogger MechMom gives us her spin on a simple, downloadable Christmas notebook with these easy forms for planning, budgeting and gift ideas.

Read all about it:

Survive Christmas: Make a Christmas Game Plan

Oh, la--to have such talent. This is a lovely scrapbooker's Christmas notebook, and well worth the visit. Let the flash filmstrip unfold to see all the wonderful pages in GwenLaFleur's 2005 Holiday Organizer:

A Scrapbooker's Christmas Notebook

It's that time of year: we're building Christmas notebooks or holiday organizers to help us plan and prepare for the holiday season.

Need inspiration to make your notebook pretty? Check out this Flickr set! Pretty and practical notebook covers make it a delight to get ready for Christmas:

Christmas Notebook Covers

As we get ready for Christmas, we’ll be making lists (and checking them a lot more than twice!), holding discussions with spouses, children and parents, and drawing up a holiday budget.

Too often, we record our plans piecemeal, consigning them to a confused clutter of scrawled envelopes, jotted notes and cryptic calendar entries—none of which make it to the shopping center with us when it’s time to buy gifts.

Organized people keep the results of their work in a central place. Try the tips below to create and use a Christmas notebook--your personal guide to relaxed and happy holidays:

Creativity and color know no bounds with this papercraft project from blogger Stamps Paper Scissors. It's a whole 'nuther take on the Christmas notebook in a pretty, portable package--and it's a gem of the scrapbooker's art.

Better, you'll find a complete how-to to make your own version. Don't miss the free download for "gift guide" page sized to fit. And wait! Aren't those our printable calendars? We love it!

Holiday Organizer

Printable Gift Guide