- About two months in advance, start organizing a Christmas gift list.
- Start a Christmas Club account at a bank or credit union.
- In November, purchase and start writing Christmas cards.
- Decorate the house with holiday decorations in early December.
- Decorate your house.
- Bake cookies as needed.
- Plan a cookie exchange in December.
- Approximately one week before Christmas purchase perishable food stuffs.
- Put up your Christmas tree. Some folks like to put up the tree on Christmas Eve some do not. It all depends on family traditions.
- Decorate your tree with ornaments, tinsel and lights, placing a special star on top of the tree.
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