The Christmas Gift Tracker Spreadsheet That Keeps December From Wrecking January
A free five-tab Christmas planner: gift tracker, Christmas gift list template, budget, cards list, December calendar and holiday itinerary. Every total calculates itself, and it prints if you'd rather work on paper. Works in Google Sheets on your phone or laptop.
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Christmas doesn't go wrong in December. It goes wrong in January.
"How much did I actually spend?"
Gifts bought across three months, four cards and two shops. The number only becomes real when the statement lands.
"Did I already buy for her?"
Something bought in October, hidden so well it's forgotten by December — and bought again.
"Who did I miss?"
The neighbour, the teacher, the one cousin. Remembered at 9pm on Christmas Eve.
Five tabs that do the remembering for you
Fill in the coloured cells. Everything else — totals, counters, charts, countdown — calculates on its own.
Christmas Budget & Gift Tracker
Set a budget across nine categories and watch what's left update as you spend.
- Budget vs actual vs left to spend, by category
- Gifts, wrapping, food, decorations, travel and more
- A running transaction log with dates and descriptions
- An expenses donut chart that builds itself
Gifts Planner & Tracker
A proper Christmas gift list template: every person, every gift, every stage — from idea to under the tree.
- Bought, wrapped, delivered and still to buy, counted live
- Recipient categories: family, friends, neighbours, co-workers
- Spot instantly who you've covered and who you haven't
Christmas Cards Tracker
The address book you rebuild from scratch every single year — kept.
- Addresses, cities, zip codes and emails in one place
- Post or email, written or sent, at a glance
- Totals for sent and still to send
Christmas Planning Calendar
A printable Christmas planner calendar — all of December laid out, with a checkbox against every job.
- Tick off decorating, baking, posting, wrapping
- See the crowded weeks before they arrive
- Space for several tasks a day
Christmas Itinerary
The four days that genuinely need a plan, hour by hour.
- December 23rd through 26th, in half-hour slots
- Oven times, arrivals, travel, the actual meal
- Shareable with whoever else is cooking
A Christmas countdown, built in
Today's date, Christmas Day and exactly how many days are left — updating on its own every time you open it.
How to get it
Enter your email
One field. No name, no phone number, nothing else.
Check your inbox
The tracker arrives straight away with a link to the sheet.
Make a copy
File → Make a copy, and it's yours to edit in your own Drive.
Start Christmas already organised
Five tabs, every total automatic, yours to reuse every year.
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Now for the actual gifts
The tracker tells you what's left to buy. These tell you what to buy.
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Holiday dressing
Parties, Christmas morning, and the bit where you have to see everyone.
Before you download
Is the Christmas gift tracker spreadsheet really free?
Yes, completely. Enter your email and it arrives immediately. There's no trial, no card, and no upsell attached to it.
Do I need Excel to use it?
No. It's a Google Sheets template, and Google Sheets is free with any Google account. If you'd rather use Excel you can download it as an .xlsx from the File menu, though a few of the automatic charts work best in Sheets.
Can I use it on my phone?
Yes. Install the free Google Sheets app and it syncs across your phone, tablet and laptop — useful when you're standing in a shop trying to remember whether you already bought for someone.
How do I make my own copy?
Open the link in the email, then go to File → Make a copy. That saves an editable version to your own Google Drive. The original stays untouched, so you can always start fresh.
Can I change the budget and recipient categories?
Yes. The categories are ordinary cells — type over them and every dropdown, chart and total updates automatically to match.
Can I print the Christmas planner?
Yes. Every tab prints — the gift list template, the budget, the cards tracker and the December calendar. Use File → Print and choose landscape for the calendar and itinerary. Plenty of people keep a printable Christmas planner on the fridge and the spreadsheet on their phone.
Can I use the same spreadsheet again next year?
Yes. Make a fresh copy each year, or clear the entries and reuse the same file. The countdown and date fields update on their own.
What's actually included?
Five tabs: a Christmas budget and gift tracker with an expenses chart, a gifts planner covering bought, wrapped and delivered, a Christmas cards tracker with addresses, a December planning calendar with checkboxes, and an hour-by-hour itinerary for December 23rd to 26th.