Christmas Budget Planner Google Sheets Excel | Gift Tracker, Holiday Budget Spreadsheet, Christmas Gift List, Card List, Holiday Planner

Plan a calm Christmas and stay on budget, gift by gift.

This Christmas Budget & Gift Tracker is a ready-to-use spreadsheet for Google Sheets and Excel. Add every person and gift idea with a budget, type what you spent and mark each gift bought, wrapped or given: anyone over budget turns red. Budget shows planned vs spent for gifts, food, decor, travel and cards, Shopping keeps every order and tracking number, Holiday Calendar holds your parties and deadlines on a month grid, and Cards keeps your card list with addresses. Type in the yellow cells; everything else is calculated for you.

▶ VIDEO TUTORIAL: see every tab in about a minute: youtu.be/FLG2tA2ge6U

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WHAT’S INSIDE (FULL VERSION, 8 TABS)
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• Start Here: quick setup guide
• Dashboard: total budget, spent, left to spend, gifts bought, gifts over budget, days to Christmas, deliveries waiting, cards sent, charts
• Gift List: up to 300 gifts with person, group, idea, budget, spent, store and status (idea, bought, wrapped, given)
• Budget: log food, decor, travel and card spending, plus planned vs spent and % used for every category
• Shopping: online orders with store, order number, tracking number, expected date and late deliveries in red
• Holiday Calendar: parties, dinners and deadlines with days left and a month grid of your busy days
• Cards: your card list with addresses, send, sent and got theirs
• Setup: year, budget for each category, groups and stores

A tab bar at the top of every page lets you jump between tabs in one click.

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YOU GET 4 FILES
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• Full version with sample data (see it working)
• Full version, blank
• Lite version (5 tabs: Start Here, Dashboard, Gift List, Budget, Setup) with sample data
• Lite version, blank

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HOW IT WORKS
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1. Download the .xlsx files after purchase.
2. Google Sheets: upload to Google Drive, open, then File > Save as Google Sheets.
Excel: open the file and click Enable Editing.
3. Fill in Setup (about 2 minutes), add your gift list, then type what you spend.

Works in Google Sheets (free) and Microsoft Excel (desktop and Microsoft 365). Not for Apple Numbers.

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LIFETIME UPDATES + FREE SMALL CHANGES
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Every improvement I make is yours for free: just download the files again from your Etsy purchases.
Need one small change? An extra column, your currency, more rows, a renamed category. Message me after your purchase and I will make it for you, free. I reply within 24 hours.

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PLEASE NOTE
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• This is a digital download. No physical item will be shipped.
• Works for any year: change the year on Setup.
• Due to the digital nature of the product, I do not accept returns, but message me and I will help with any issue.

Designed by Albina at HomeBizPaperwork. Built with the help of AI tools and my own scripts, then checked in Google Sheets before every release.