Christmas Dinner Meal Planner & Shopping List 2026 – Excel & Google Sheets + Printable PDF

Plan the big day without the panic. Enter your sit-down time and your turkey's cooking time and the timeline works backwards, so you know exactly when everything goes in.

• Guests sheet: adults/children, dietary needs, who's bringing what, who's staying over
• Menu planner with a traditional British menu already filled in (edit freely), plus make-ahead and who's-cooking columns
• Shopping list with about 20 classic items to start, sections, quantities, prices, an estimated total and tick-off. The total flows into your food budget.
• Christmas Day cooking timeline that works out clock times from your sit-down time
• Make-ahead and defrost plan for the week of 19–25 Dec
• 3-page printable A4 PDF version

Always follow the cooking times on your own turkey's label. Instant digital download.