December Workplace Planner (Free Printable)

Plan December at work in an afternoon

December is full of good reasons to thank your people, and full of planning: Giving Tuesday, Hanukkah, Christmas week, Kwanzaa, the holiday closure, the gift exchange and the year-end. This free planner helps you choose what to do, set a budget, settle your closure and coverage and send the messages, without starting from a blank page.

What is inside (9 printable pages)

• December at a glance: the main holidays and observances with date rules and space for this year's dates
• Theme picker: choose by goal, team type and budget
• Four-week plan and closure grid: a filled example plus a holiday closure and coverage grid
• Budget and roles sheet: track spend and decide who does what
• Message templates: announcement, holiday schedule, gift exchange invitation, year-end thank-you, out-of-office and thank-you after an event
• Gift exchange rules card and sign-up sheet
• Year in review and January goals worksheet
• Mini trivia, checklist and recap survey: plan, run and review in one place

Good to know

• US Letter and A4 versions included
• No year printed, so you can reuse it every December
• Written to be inclusive: for offices, remote teams, schools, retail and shift workers
• Instant digital download. Print as many copies as you need for your own workplace

Want December done for you? The December Workplace Events Kit adds Excel trackers that calculate the dates, a holiday party planner, a gift exchange planner with a Secret Santa draw sheet, 32 ready-to-send messages, signs, games, certificates and 16 greeting cards.

Dates are for planning. Please confirm each date with the official organiser, and festival dates with the colleagues who observe them.