Last minute things to do List

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I'm just trying to think of everything I have to do next week (boys finish fri), without being super specific, could you post your last minute things to do list? I feel like I'm forgetting things but can't think! Maybe seeing it written here might remind someone else too.

Get a few last things for my Mum’s stocking
Wrap a few gifts that are arriving this week
Deliver cards locally
Go carolling!
Prep food for big family gathering Sat
Rejig food order coming on 24th once I see what we have left from Sat
Make spare room nice for my mum - buy a poinsettia, change bedding etc
Ditto bathroom
Tip binmen
Give cleaner present
Put out of office on email and answerphone for work COP Thursday

It's not last minute! I'm just getting started.

Find out what days to put the bins out over xmas and put a reminder in my phone.

Make cracker to put sisters present in
Post cards - done today
Ice Christmas cake - Wednesday job
Make Yule log and gingerbread men - Friday job with ds2
Pack - we are going to be with family

I also have a moving house list as long as my arm ....

Water tree
Finish writing cards before last posting date (Thursday)
Finish sewing on knitted projects as presents
Wrap all presents
Empty all bins
Put out recycling bin (put out main bin last week in preparation)
Change sheets and towels
Clean bathroom, kitchen, hoover everywhere
Clean out stove
Bring in logs and decide if I need to go and buy a few more bags
Put out Christmas delph (couple of mugs, cream jug, couple of serving dishes - not terribly exciting!)
Tidy dining table
Make flower arrangement
Do some Christmas baking - mince pies, cookies, some (chocolate or coffee) cake, a "Christmas pudding" chocolate biscuit cake...

Shopping:
Leonidas
Cheese shop (cheese and cured meats)
M&S (DD is coming for that one) for party nibbles, hummus, perhaps a birthday cake
Local fishmonger
Local butcher
Online order from supermarket to be delivered
Crackers
Fresh flowers (for flower arrangement)

Presents - I have DH and DD sorted, and most of the immediate families on both sides (DH cannot decide for DMIL), but extended family are not yet sorted and I will see them too

oh, and RELAX!!!!

And put up the garland in the hall
And buy some mistletoe

And have a decent relaxing bath and do nails and ....all that jazz

Everything

Find the box with xmas lights and the one with xmas plates etc in attic . Find door garland! We just moved and i cant find them anywhere!
Finish food shopping.
Wrap kids pressies
Put new table and chairs together!
BIitz house.
Clean car out.
Get new windscreen wipers.
Make fudge and other treats.
Make mince pies.
Get some booze in.😀

Hell it will not all get done!
1st xmas ever not organised by now.

Couple of last minute presents hopefully arriving this week.
Wrapping on Weds night/Sat day.
Clean flat on Saturday.
Loads of washing and put away including fresh bedding.
Load up the car ready to travel on Sunday.
Pack clothes etc.
List for food shop on 28th.

Christmas food shopping
Buy decent childrens Christmas crackers
Last minute gifts

Wrap last presents
Write neighbor cards
Make crackers with own presents inside
Make clingfilm wrap ball game thing
Go to M&S and get last minute nibbly things
Take in presents for work colleagues
Go to Christmas work lunch
Pack bag for holiday on Boxing Day
Forget everything!

DP and I have still got 5 presents to wrap, 3 for the children and 1 each for each other.
Write Christmas cards for local friends and neighbours and post.
Make mince pies.
Pick up Christmas meat.
Finish online food order for Sunday.
And then relax and enjoy Christmas 🎄

I am going to clear out all the kitchen cupboard this week (not particularly a Christmas job but something that does need doing before the influx of Christmas food arrives) and empty and clean the fridge.
Other than that, buy presents, wrap presents, change bedding on Sunday...
I don’t consider this last minute though, there’s still a whole week to go!

I am going to clear out all the kitchen cupboard this week (not particularly a Christmas job but something that does need doing before the influx of Christmas food arrives) and empty and clean the fridge.
Other than that, buy presents, wrap presents, change bedding on Sunday...
I don’t consider this last minute though, there’s still a whole week to go!

Find Christmas cards
Write Christmas cards
Post Christmas cards
Supervise 5yo writing his cards
Buy fresh food
Buy alcohol
Put up extra fairy lights in hall
Find stockings
Wrap Santa presents
Wrap dh presents

Oh, and buy mistletoe!

I have to defrost the freezer - boo! and clean out the fridge.
.wrap the last of the presents
Buy beer for visitors
Work out when I’m buying the fresh food, maybe Sunday.
Pin down who’s actually coming for Christmas dinner, it’s all a bit up in the air for various reasons
Get a couple of birthday presents
Buy bin bags, dishwasher tablets etc.
Try to find the napkins I’m sure I bought
Run the tableware through the dishwasher as most is only used for big gatherings
Remember to buy salt, keep forgetting

It’ll all work out though, we’ll have a nice time.

Day off work today to blitz the house, make space in the freezer and clean fridge ready for food delivery at the weekend.

Alcohol shop (DH will go to Costco for this)
Pick up Tesco delivery
Get musclefood delivery
Wrap all the kids gifts
Create room in the freezer for a shit tonne of frozen party food.
Clean house
We also have trips out at the weekend & Xmas eve.

I don't have to deliver any presents as every one is coming here Xmas day.......Oh which reminds me; send DH into shed for spare chairs & make sure he de-spiders them.

@DailyMailDontStealMyThread wtf?! You change the bedding with her in it? How do you change the sheet?

Sort entire house out. (Havent had time to do pre xmas clean yet as have been ill. Still am but times ticking)
Last of the food shopping
Alcohol shopping
Last of presents
Wrap allllll presents
Write and deliver cards
Probably start preparing and freezing food for xmas day soon aswel.

So in a nutshell...frigging loads to do. When all i really want to do is curl in a corner and die.

Oh crap forgot
Xmas crafts with the kids
Gingerbread house with kids
Go visit santa with kids
Go see xmas tree show with kids
And make huge busy board for youngest

Ffs it never ends

Go to m&s to collect turkey and trimmings
Visit Santa
Change bedding
Empty all bins as bin collection is early due to normal day being xmas eve.
Check tesco order once arrived go to local shop to get anything that was missing
Clean toilets ready for visitors
Prepare veg xmas eve ready for the next day.
Already - cleaned fridge
- bought chocolate and alcohol

Wrap main presents
Do some festive baking with the girls
Help them wrap their gifts to each other
Find out if Nanna is coming here for a couple of hours, or we're going there
Buy wine

Downstairs will be blitzed on either Saturday or Sunday too, just not sure which yet.

Actually, looking at that, not as much as I thought - I've felt well behind for the past week or two!

Thanks to this thread, I've realised that I need to fill up with petrol as we're travelling Christmas day