Planning and the Holidays
Ten Easy steps to successful Holidays

1) Estimate your Budget
Setting a budget will help you make decisions later on during the actual preparations of the event. If you haven’t set a budget, you are sure to run into Holiday Purchasing Overload Mode!

2) Make Guest List
The Holidays are sometimes the most difficult to make guest lists for because of old family tensions, a death of a loved one, flight schedules etc. The rule of thumb is to be prepared. “Aunt Mary” may change her mind and show up this year so have a backup seating plan and food portion extenders such as extra side dishes.

3) Select Menu
Select a menu that you are comfortable preparing. A large gathering of guests is not the time to adventure into culinary testing. Write this menu down and check that you have needed recipes on hand. Be careful of seasonal items in recipes that you may have a harder time finding.

4) Make Shopping List
Once your menu is selected, see what you have on hand and what you need to purchase and remember that initial budget. Make a shopping list of all needs ingredients by store, that way you’ll know what to get where.

5) Take Inventory of Serving Needs
Do you have enough dishes, cutlery, glasses etc.? Will you be using a tablecloth, place mats or a combination? Do you have enough napkins, napkin holders etc.? How about serving dishes, have you decided which meal you will serve where? These are the types of questions that you should be asking yourself at least a week before your event so that if need by you have time to purchase things that are missing.

6) Decide on Decorations

7) Schedule Tasks

8) Recruit help

9) Relax

10) Enjoy the Holidays

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