Christmas Budget Planner Google Sheets, Holiday Gift Tracker Spreadsheet, Christmas Gift List, Holiday Budget Template, Christmas Planner

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Every gift. Every extra. No December surprises.

The Christmas Budget Planner is a dark, festive Google Sheets template that keeps your whole Christmas on one budget: everyone on your list, every gift, and all the extras that sneak up on you, like wrapping paper, postage, decor and holiday food. Open the Dashboard on your phone while you shop and you'll always know what's left to spend, who is still left to buy for, and whether you're keeping the kids even.

★ THIS IS A DIGITAL DOWNLOAD ★
No physical item will be shipped. After purchase you'll instantly download a PDF guide with links to make your own copy of the template in Google Sheets. You need a free Google account to use it.

WHO IT'S FOR
• Families who want to enjoy December without a January money hangover
• Parents who want to keep gifts fair between the kids
• Anyone mailing gifts to family out of town
• Anyone who has ever said "how did we spend that much on Christmas?"

WHAT'S INCLUDED
• Start Here guide PDF with your copy links, quick start steps, tips and FAQ
• EXAMPLE version (filled in for a sample family so you can see how it all works)
• BLANK version (ready for your list and your numbers)

6 connected tabs:
1. Start Here – your total budget, key dates and everyone on your list
2. Dashboard – your whole Christmas on one phone-friendly screen
3. Gift List – up to 80 gifts with bought, wrapped, shipped and stocking stuffer checkboxes
4. Spending Log – wrap, postage, decor, food, outings: everything that isn't a gift
5. Categories – a budget for each kind of extra
6. Cards & To-Do – Christmas card list plus a holiday to-do list

FEATURES
DASHBOARD
• Left to spend, with spent vs. your total budget
• What's still planned and how much wiggle room you have
• Overspend warnings: see which category is over budget and whether you still fit overall
• Gift progress: bought, wrapped and shipped counts
• People: who is done and who still needs a gift

COUNTDOWNS + SAVE-UP PLAN
• Days to Christmas, to your mail-by date and to your done-shopping date
• A save-up line that tells you what to set aside each week (or each 2-week paycheck) to cover what's still planned
• Money you've already set aside lowers your weekly amount

GIFT LIST
• Up to 80 gifts and 20 people, each with their own budget
• Checkboxes for Stocking, Bought, Wrapped and Shipped
• Per-person totals ("that person so far") on every row
• Arriving-late flag: online orders that land after your mail-by date get flagged

KEEP THE KIDS EVEN
• Tick Keep even for people you want to treat the same
• The Dashboard compares their totals, gift counts and stocking stuffers and tells you who is behind

SPENDING LOG + CATEGORIES
• Log wrapping paper, postage, decor, the tree, holiday food, outings and outfits
• 10 budget categories you can rename; over-budget categories turn red
• Gifts flow in from your list automatically

CARDS & TO-DO
• Card list with Photo card and Sent checkboxes, cards sent and stamps still needed
• A ready-made holiday to-do list with dates (add your own)

REUSABLE EVERY YEAR
• Leave the Christmas year blank and it rolls to next Christmas by itself, countdowns and to-do dates included
• Each January, clear the lists and you're ready to go again

GOOD TO KNOW
• Works in Google Sheets on a computer, and in the free Google Sheets app on your phone or tablet
• Blue cells = type here. Everything else fills in by itself
• Dark mode design with the easy-to-read Lexend font
• Built for Google Sheets. Excel is not supported (checkboxes and some formulas may not work there)
• Dollar ($) amounts
• Instant download; no physical item will be shipped
• Due to the digital nature of this product, returns and exchanges are not accepted. If anything isn't working, message us and we'll help.

HOW IT WORKS
1. Purchase and download the Start Here guide PDF
2. Tap the link, sign in to your free Google account and click "Make a copy"
3. Type your total budget, add everyone on your list and start ticking

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Disclosure: This template was designed with the help of AI design tools, then built and tested by me.

TERMS OF USE
For personal use only. Please do not share, resell or redistribute the file or the links.