English – Christmas Planner

A calm December in seven tabs, not twenty.

A Christmas planner for Google Sheets and Excel: gift list with budget versus spent, a December countdown, food and baking with a shopping list, and a card list.

Seven tabs, not twenty. A gift list that tracks budget versus spent for every person, a December countdown you can actually write in, a food and baking plan with a shopping list that adds itself up, and a card list. White cells are for typing. Everything else calculates itself.

What you get

• Christmas spreadsheet (.xlsx) for Google Sheets and Excel 2019 or newer, blank + a filled-in example
• 8 printable pages (PDF, A4 and US Letter)
• A one-page quick start guide (Read me)

A calm december

• 7 tabs: Start Here, Overview, Budget, People & Gifts, December, Food & Baking, and Cards
• One Overview: days until Christmas Day, budget remaining against your ceiling, gifts bought, cards sent, baking done, and what is coming up in December
• A gift list with a budget for every person, then every gift: idea, chosen gift, shop, bought, wrapped, given
• A December countdown calendar for 1–31, with a to-do on any day. Advent Sundays, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Eve are marked. Change the year and the calendar shifts.
• Menus for the meals that matter, a baking plan, and a shopping list that adds itself to the budget
• A card and greetings list, with postage that rolls into the budget

The budget, without the math

• Ten categories: gifts, stockings and Secret Santa, food and drink, baking, parties, decorations, clothes, travel, cards and postage, and other
• Spending is pulled in from the gift list, the shopping list, meal costs and card postage. Add anything else in the Extra column
• Remaining and a simple bar for each category, plus a ceiling so you can see the plan against the most you want to spend

How to use it in google sheets

1. Download the files from Etsy (You → Purchases → Download files).
2. Go to Google Drive and upload the .xlsx file.
3. Open it and choose File → Save as Google Sheets.

You only need a free Google account. The file also opens directly in Excel (Excel 2019, 2021 or Microsoft 365).

Good to know

• This is a digital download. Nothing will be shipped.
• The spreadsheet is in English. Pick any currency symbol; amounts stay plain numbers so they work in any country.
• Numbers in the photos are sample data, frozen on 20 November 2026 in the example file.
• In Google Sheets, colours and fonts may look slightly different than in the photos. The formulas work the same.
• This is an organising tool, not financial advice.
• Fonts (Cormorant Garamond and DM Sans) are free Google Fonts. The sheet works fine without them.
• Colors may vary slightly between screens and printers.
• Tabs are protected (no password) so formulas aren't deleted by accident. Every cell you need to fill in is open.
• License: For personal use only. Reselling, sharing or redistribution is not permitted. © 2026 SoftPlanTreasures
• This template and its product photos were made by us with the help of digital tools, including AI tools. The photos show the actual files.

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