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Week Eleven, Garage/Storage Week, at the Holiday Grand Plan gets us into garage and storage areas.

The waning days of Autumn are a good time to rout out household storage areas, so we’re ready to access extra tables, chairs and seasonal decorations. Cooler–but not yet cold–weather eases the job, and we’ll feel good knowing that storage areas are clean and prepared for winter cold.

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Moving into the heart of the household, it’s Week Ten at the Holiday Grand Plan: Family Room Week!

The family room is the heart of the home, and never more so than during the holiday season. We’ll clean and organize this central area of family life as we begin to think ahead to holiday visitors.

In holiday prep, we’ll celebrate Halloween, then recycle autumn decorations to look forward to Thanksgiving. ...

Ready to get organized for Christmas with the Holiday Grand Plan? Calendars for 2024 are online now, together with a new undated version of our calendar printable.

Print these Holiday Grand Plan calendar pages to prepare for the holiday season with the Web’s oldest Christmas organizing plan. Week by week the Holiday Grand Plan will take you closer to your goal: a clean and organized home for Christmas.

Cooler weather makes it easy to check and organize the attic and storage areas during Week Twelve, Attic Week.

No attic? Use this week to work on undone tasks, or to tackle a bonus area in the home.

We continue to move toward Thanksgiving in holiday prep, preparing to set a pretty holiday table. Are you working on holiday gifts?

Ready? Let’s get organized with Attic Week in the Holiday Grand Plan!

Will Santa be visiting your house this year? Time to sort out the short stuff!

This week, we focus on kids’ rooms for deep-cleaning, decluttering and organizing so that there’s room to spare for holiday gifts.

Our holiday prep assignments include assembling freezer meals, working on hand-crafted gifts, and continuing to buy gifts and holiday supplies.

Ready? Let’s get organized with the Holiday Grand Plan!

Week Five sees us into the master bathroom and linen closets for Master Bathroom Week at the Holiday Grand Plan.

We’ll clean and organize personal care and linen storage areas, and continue working on seasonal clothing plans.

Holiday prep continues to move forward on to-make and to-buy gifts, and includes a wardrobe check for kids.

Ready? Let’s get organized with Master Bathroom Week at the Holiday Grand Pla...

Week Four of the Holiday Grand Plan sees us move into the master bedroom to deep-clean and cut clutter, creating a serene and peaceful refuge for the busy days ahead.

As the season changes, we rout out the closet and organize clothing.

Our holiday prep tasks center on home-made gifts, and we’ll begin budgeting “to-buy” items week-by-week.

Ready? Let’s get organized with the Holiday Grand Plan!

Welcome to Week Three of the Holiday Grand Plan: Entry/Foyer Week!

This week, we tackle deep-cleaning and decluttering our entryway or foyer, to create a welcoming entrance to the home for holiday guests.

Holiday prep chores focus on baking and kitchen as we plan our baked goodies and start stocking up for holiday meals. More printable forms help our Holiday Grand Plan notebooks grow.

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Week Two? It’s all about questions during Question Week in the Holiday Grand Plan!

During this week, we’ll continue making lists and planning our holiday. We’ll get in touch with our values through important questions.

In the cleaning component, we tackle the living room, decluttering and deep-cleaning to prepare for holiday entertaining.

Ready? Let’s get organized with the Holiday Grand Plan!

Week One is List Week at the Holiday Grand Plan!

During this week, we kick off holiday prep with lists, lists and more lists. We’ll print helpful calendars and forms for Christmas organizing and begin to create a Christmas planner. 

This week’s cleaning focus is the front porch: We’ll clean and organize the area around the front door so that our home will be ready to welcome visitors during the holiday season.

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