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100 Days to Christmas 2015

100 Days to
Christmas
2015
Your daily dose of inspiration & motivation
for a meaningful holiday season.

by Jennifer Tankersley

2015 | All rights reserved.

100 Days to Christmas 2015
100DaystoChristmas.com

100 Days to Christmas 2015

Contents
Introduction

How to Use This eBook

Resources

100 Days to Christmas Checklist *

100 Days to Christmas Synopsis

100 Days to Christmas Countdown

September

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October

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November

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December

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About the Author

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* new for 2015

100 Days to Christmas 2015

Introduction

100 Days to Christmas got its start in 2009, when it launched as a blog with
daily posts of inspiration for the busy holiday season. Two years later, it
expanded to an eBook format, where buyers could download the entire 100
days in one tidy packet. This is the fifth year that the 100 Days to
Christmas eBook has been available to an enthusiastic community. I love
this time of year and love sharing my plan and vision for the holiday season
to come.

In this eBook, you will find inspiration for accomplishing daily tasks, setting
goals, and offering encouragement during a busy time of year. With the
help of additional resources from ListPlanIt.com, followers of
100DaystoChristmas.com have a chance to print or download useful lists and
planning pages to assist in their holiday planning.

The 100 Days to Christmas 2015 eBook has everything you need for a stepby-step guide to your holiday planning.

Plus, it includes planning

consideration and further motivation through a series of major holidays

leading up to Christmas.

100 Days to Christmas 2015

How to Use this eBook

The 100 Days to Christmas 2015 eBook was designed for daily use from
September 16 through December 25 (exactly 100 days). Each page lists the
date and a motivational task, activity, or event.

Most days also include

additional resources listed at the bottom of the page including one or more
of the following links: a list from ListPlanIt.com, a photo board on Pinterest,
a link to further discussion on the official 100 Days to Christmas Facebook
page, or other resources that may be helpful during your holiday journey.

When an asterisk (*) is present, youll find a link to a list that can be created
and managed as a ListPlanIt member. Not yet a member? Click here to
find out how you can start a FREE 30-day trial and then get 25% off
an annual membership. The asterisk also indicates a downloadable PDF is
available in the companion workbook, which includes 34 pages of lists and
planning pages that can also be typed into with your own details. Save
the workbook for future Christmases as a record of the methods and
traditions your family enjoys.
Be sure to head on over to the official 100 Days to Christmas Facebook
page and Like it to join our community!

100 Days to Christmas 2015

Resources
Lists from ListPlanIt.com, included as PDF downloads in the companion
workbook.
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September 2015

45

Gift Wrap Inventory

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October 2015

46

Stocking Stuffer Inventory

13

November 2015

48

Gift Closet Inventory

13

December 2015

52

Advent Activity Planner

14

Wish List

53

Holiday Party Planner

17

Holiday Budget Planner

61

Thanksgiving Menu Planner

18

Gift List B

63

Thanksgiving Grocery List

19

Fall Labels

69

Christmas Mailing Labels

20

Handmade Gifts Planner

73

Weekly Christmas Checklist

21

Holiday Online Shopping

84

Black Friday Planner &

Planner & Tracker

Tracker

25

Holiday Craft Planner

90

28

Costume Planner

Planner

31

Holiday Card Planner

94

Christmas Preparation

32

Cards to Send

95

Christmas Menu Planner

33

Address Book

96

Christmas Meal Shopping List

35

Halloween Party Planner

108

Week of Christmas

39

Trip Quick List

41

Halloween Planner

Holiday Cookie/Candy

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Task, Activity, Reminder

Create a holiday hub.
Start your calendars.
Encourage wish lists.
Weekly Workshop
Pick apples.
Create a holiday budget.
Begin gift lists.
Bring in fall.
Make it by hand.
Shop from home.
Weekly Workshop
Catch a football game.
Pick your pumpkin.
Plan your fall crafts.
Plan December crafts.
Begin Halloween season.
Consider costumes.
Weekly Workshop
Take a hike.
Contemplate Christmas cards.
Update your Christmas card list.
Roundup correct addresses.
Schedule a family photo.
Host a Halloween party.
Weekly Workshop
Enjoy the changing leaves.
New World holidays
Home for the holidays
Prepare for trick-or-treat.
Firm up your Halloween plans.
Family game night
Weekly Workshop
Build a bonfire. Have a hayride.
Inventory Gift Wrap

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Stock up on stocking stuffers.

Dont forget your pets.
Set up a gift closet.
Check out a Halloween movie.
Weekly Workshop
Celebrate Halloween.
Outline your Advent Activities.
Entertain for Christmas.

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Rake your leaves.

Read a Halloween tale.
Halloween Eve
Happy Halloween!
Make it a soup Sunday.
Establish a tradition of giving.
Election day
Plan your Thanksgiving menu.
Fortify your food bank.
Make a Thanksgiving grocery list.
Weekly Workshop
Give Thanks!
Schedule a gift & craft session.
Shop local.
Thank a veteran.
Check-in on Christmas cards.
Goodwill to all.
Weekly Workshop
Be an angel.
Prepare for cleaning week.
Dust high to low.
Scrub the tub.
Make the floors shine.
Refresh your kitchen.
Weekly Workshop

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Prepare your table.

Make ahead dishes.
Bake pies.
30 Days to Christmas
Happy Thanksgiving
Black Friday
Weekly Workshop
Choose a tree.

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Finalize Advent Prep.

Deck the halls.
Play Christmas tunes & carols.
Bake Christmas cookies.
Christmas around the world
Weekly Workshop
Hanukkah begins.
Make a plan for Christmas day.
Plan Christmas menu.
Shop for Christmas Ingredients.
Gift & Card check-in
Wrap gifts.
Weekly Workshop
Attend a Christmas event.
Construct a gingerbread house.
Spread some Christmas cheer.
Shop for siblings.
Travel for the holidays.
Watch a Christmas story.
Weekly Workshop
See the lights.
Clean for Christmas.
The shortest day
Christmas Eve Eve
Twas the Night Before Christmas

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TWO MONTHS AT A GLANCE

SEPTEMBER
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Labor
Day

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Grandparents
Day

Holiday
Hub

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OCTOBER
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Columbus Day
| Canadian
Thanksgiving

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Happy
Halloween!

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TWO MONTHS AT A GLANCE

NOVEMBER
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Daylight
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Election
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Veterans
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30 Days to
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Thanksgiving

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DECEMBER
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Hanukkah
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Christmas

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New Year's
Eve

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100 Days of
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Begins!

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September 16

CREATE A HOLIDAY HUB

Welcome to 100 Days to Christmas where you
will find a daily dose of inspiration and motivation
to help you get ahead so that you can relax
through the busy holiday season knowing that you
are more prepared than ever! This time of year hosts several major holidays
and special occasions. Part of being ready for Christmas is knowing how to
give yourself plenty of time to focus on the holiday at hand while still looking
at the larger picture.

If you tell yourself every year that you are going to be more on the ball
through the holidays the next year, then you are in the right place! If you
usually start early enough but hope to find some new ideas to add to old
traditions, then you have also come to the right place. If you want to share
your holiday goals and accomplishments with friends, then welcome!

Are you ready to get started? Are you willing

to accept the Countdown to Christmas
Challenge? Our first days goal is to gather the
bones for your holiday planner: a three-ring
binder, a three-hole punch, 5 to 8 tabbed
dividers (preferably with pockets), and a
zipper pocket to hold pens and odds-andends. You can purchase a custom designed
binder to house your 100 Days to Christmas

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100 Days to Christmas 2015

eBook, lists, and ideas (click here to visit our store). A holiday planner is a
great place to keep all of your activities, recipes, schedules, ideas, and
lists. It will become your holiday central over the next 100 days or so.
Find out more on how to create your own holiday planner here. Each day
here at 100 Days to Christmas 2015 eBook, youll find the tips, tricks, and
reminders to motivate you for the coming holiday season.

ListPlanIt.com has hundreds of lists to

help you organize your life and put
your world in order, including
everything you need to get prepared
for Christmas. Now ListPlanIt is even
better than ever! In addition to the
downloadable PDFs for which ListPlanIt
has always been known, we now have a
mobile design that allows you to take
your lists with you wherever you go on
your smartphone or tablet. You can
still find everything youll need to make
any holiday a meaningful success in
ListPlanIts Holidays & Occasions,
including calendars, daily and weekly
planners, card lists, wish lists, gift lists,
a cookie/candy planner, party planning
pages, holiday meal planning pages,
grocery lists, and so much more! If
youre already a member, then you can
get started creating your lists in your account. No yet a member? Visit here
to find out how you can start a FREE 30-day trial.

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The New Year is One Week Away!

Be ready to make the most of it with the next

in the 100 Days series

100 Days of a New Year 2016 eBook

is available December 26.

100 Days of a New Year is a daily dose of inspiration

& motivation for a great start to the new year!

Be among the first to learn about release news.

Follow 100 Days of a New Years Facebook page.

http://100DaysofaNewYear.com

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