Lists and sub lists are your friend.
Go onto printaclaclendar.com and choose the format that appeals to you and make that the holy grail, write everything on it, keep it after the day as it will be a good point of reference for next year.
To date DH and I have done the following.
Ordered the meat and cheese from the farm. (We were forced to decide what we would like over a two hour lunch next to an open fire.
I have polished the silver and sent the linen out for ironing, the tablecloth will need a quick belt of an iron once it is on the table, but easier than ironing in the week beforehand.
I love a twinkly table set well in advance and save Bonne Maman jars during the year and put nightlights in them.
DH does the bulk of the cooking but we work it out between us.
So next week is the stock for the gravy.
I have booked lunch three days running at our favourite pub, one is for lunch with a MNer who will be in the area, one of the other two I will keep once we decide what day we are getting the tree. I did this at the beginning of November and thought that I was being a tad previous, they had loads of bookings.
Back to dinner.
Parboil the parsnips, they lend themselves well to freezing in advance, we then drizzle with honey and grated Parmesan on the day and bring them up to scratch.
If I think of anything else I will come back to this.
This is the most important things…………..
PUT THE SPROUTS ON NOW……….😂