Start tonight for $7
Holiday Quick-Start Pack
Thanksgiving and Christmas, planned in one evening.
Our two best holiday planners in one download, with the spreadsheet that does the gift math for you.
- Every person on your list gets a dollar limit before you shop
- Thanksgiving mapped hour by hour, with a guest and dish sign-up
- A spreadsheet that adds up gifts and shows what's left
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In short
What the Quick-Start Pack is
The Holiday Quick-Start Pack is a $7 instant download with two printable planners: the Christmas Budget & Gift Planner, which comes with a spreadsheet that adds up your gifts, and the Thanksgiving Edition of our Meal Planner & Grocery List. Two bonuses come with it: a holiday hosting spreadsheet and a short Christmas planner how-to guide. It's the smallest of our four holiday sets, made for one evening of planning instead of a full system.
Everything you get
What's inside the Quick-Start Pack
- Christmas Budget & Gift Planner$4.99
- Meal Planner & Grocery List: Thanksgiving Edition$4.99
- Bonus: Christmas planner how-to guideA short walkthrough: set one total, give every name a limit, then log as you buy.Bonus
- Bonus: Holiday hosting spreadsheetGuest lists that count heads for you, a menu and potluck sign-up, and a grocery list with an estimated total.Bonus
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One download with everything listed above.
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Is it the right set?
Who the Quick-Start Pack is for
- You mostly need two things handled this year: the Christmas gift budget and the Thanksgiving meal.
- You'd rather plan in one evening than set up a full system.
- You like a spreadsheet to do the gift math but still want printable pages for the fridge.
If you also want savings, bills and cleaning planned, or a bound-style printable planner to reuse next year, Christmas Planner Complete covers that.
Compared with the Christmas Planner Complete: Christmas Planner Complete adds the Sinking Funds Tracker, Meal Planner & Grocery List, 100 Envelope Savings Challenge, Bill Tracker Printable, Cleaning Schedule and two 110-page printable planners.
Worked example
One evening with the Quick-Start Pack
Here's how a typical first evening goes. The dollar amounts are only an example; use your own.
- Open the Christmas Budget & Gift Planner spreadsheet and enter one total for the season, say $400.
- List everyone you're buying for and give each name a limit, for example $75 each for four close family members and $25 each for four friends and teachers. That adds up to the $400.
- Log each gift as you buy it. The spreadsheet shows what's left for each person and for the whole season.
- Print the Thanksgiving Day Timeline and the Guest & Dish Sign-Up. The timeline works backward from dinnertime, so the oven never gets double-booked.
- Shop once from the aisle-sorted grocery list. If you're hosting, the holiday hosting spreadsheet counts heads from your guest list and gives you an estimated grocery total.
Look inside
Real pages, ready to print
One ZIP with a folder for each tool and a Start Here guide. Planner PDFs in US Letter and A4; Start Here and bonus guides in US Letter; spreadsheets open in Excel and Google Sheets. Download size about 4 MB.
Why I made this
I grew up in Detroit as the oldest of three, and my family leaned on me to keep everything coordinated. I made the Holiday Quick-Start Pack for whoever holds the holidays together in your house, so the plans live on paper instead of in your head. I'm grateful you're here, and I hope it gives you a calmer season.
Malaysia, founder · Our story
The it-works promise
If any file won't open, is missing pages or isn't what this page describes, email us within 14 days. We'll fix it, replace it, or refund you in full. A real person answers, usually the same day.
Holiday dates that matter
- Thu, Nov 26Thanksgiving. The meal planner's timeline starts 3 weeks out.
- Black Friday / Cyber MondaySale coming: Holiday Command Center $47 (Nov 27–30). Email subscribers hear first. Tue, Nov 24Early access opens for email subscribers through the link in our email and runs through Thu, Nov 26. Fri, Nov 27Black Friday. The Holiday Command Center is $47 for everyone (Black Friday / Cyber Monday sale price). Mon, Nov 30Cyber Monday. Last day of the Black Friday / Cyber Monday sale price, 11:59 PM CT.
- Fri, Dec 25Christmas. This is a digital download, so it arrives instantly, even on Christmas Eve.
Prefer a bound book as a gift? Our paperbacks ship from Amazon, which shows the delivery date at checkout.
Compare the holiday sets
Pick the size that fits your year
Questions
Before you buy
What exactly do I get?
The Holiday Quick-Start Pack is one ZIP download with 2 templates, each in its own folder, plus a Start Here guide and a license file. Inside: Christmas Budget & Gift Planner, Meal Planner & Grocery List: Thanksgiving Edition.
How do I get my files?
Right after checkout you'll see a download button, and the same link is emailed to you. Nothing is shipped, so it works even on Christmas Eve.
Can I use it on my phone or tablet?
Yes, the Holiday Quick-Start Pack works on a phone or tablet: unzip the download on a computer, or save it to Files (iPhone) or Downloads (Android). PDFs print at home or fill in with a PDF app; spreadsheets open in Excel or Google Sheets.
Is there a Black Friday / Cyber Monday sale price?
$7 is the everyday price. Our Black Friday / Cyber Monday sale is on the Holiday Command Center.
I already bought one of these planners. Can I upgrade?
Yes, you can upgrade: email us your order number and we'll send a code that takes what you paid off the bigger set.
Can I give it as a gift?
Yes, the Holiday Quick-Start Pack can be given as a gift: at checkout, enter the recipient's email address, or forward them the download email. The license covers one household.
What if a file doesn't work?
Email us within 14 days and we'll fix it, replace it, or refund you in full. See our refund policy.
What isn't in the Quick-Start Pack?
It doesn't include the savings, bill or cleaning planners, or the two 110-page printable planners. Those start with Christmas Planner Complete ($24), which also includes everything in this pack.
Is the Thanksgiving planner only useful in November?
No. Two of its pages are made for the feast: the Thanksgiving Day Timeline and the Guest & Dish Sign-Up. The rest (weekly meal planner, dinner plan and prep, grocery list, monthly menu, family favorites, recipe cards, and pantry and freezer inventories) work any week of the year.
Can I print it in black and white?
Yes. Both planners come in US Letter and A4, and each size also has a light-ink version that uses less ink. The Thanksgiving Edition is 14 pages. The two bonus how-to guides are one-page US Letter PDFs.
Where should I start with the Quick-Start Pack?
Start the Holiday Quick-Start Pack with the gift list: give every person a dollar limit before you think about ideas, and let the spreadsheet add up what you have spent. Then open the Thanksgiving Edition meal planner and fill in the menu and the Thanksgiving grocery list. If you want a sense of a realistic number first, our Christmas budget planner guide walks through setting one.
Start tonight for $7
Thanksgiving and Christmas, planned in one evening.
$7$9.98 Save 30%
Instant download · card or PayPal · no account needed
Want more? The Christmas Planner Complete includes everything here and more, for $24.
