FOR BUSY PARENTS
The moms who don't stress about money in December? They set a budget months ahead of time.
Get the free Christmas Budget Planner — the fastest way to know what exactly what Christmas will cost this year, so you can plan ahead for it ✨.
Setting your Christmas budget now means you've got months to work with — you can move things around, spread out the cost, and know what fits in your budget before you're stressed out in the checkout line.
Inside: your budget for the year, the eight places Christmas money typically goes, a page just for gifts, and a month-by-month plan for when you'll spend it.
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A peek inside..
💰 Your budget, decided in five minutes: one page, one number, and the rest of the guide divides into it
📋 The eight places Christmas money goes: gifts, cards, travel, traditions, events, decor, Christmas morning — with a reminder list under each so the school party contribution and the extra strand of lights get counted, too
🎁 A full page just for gifts: everyone you're buying for, person by person or in groups, so the biggest category gets a real number instead of a guess
🗓️ Month by month: decide what you're buying each month between now and Christmas, so nothing lands all at once
...and why the number matters less than the timing — the same total feels completely different depending on when it's spent 🤍
WHO CREATED IT?
Hi! I'm Kelly.
Mom of three (from infant to preteen) & the founder of Plan Ahead Mom. I made this for the moms who want December to be all Christmas magic instead of spending the whole month stressed about their spending. This planner started with one broke Labor Day weekend and a Target sale, and it's how I've done Christmas ever since. Christmas feels so much better when the money part is decided early.
