Christmas Gift Planner - Holiday Budget Spreadsheet (Excel + Google Sheets)

Christmas Gift & Holiday Budget Planner (Excel + Google Sheets)

Stop guessing how much Christmas is costing you. Give every person on your list a budget, log each gift idea, and watch the planner keep score: what you have spent, what is still planned, and what is left, per person and for the whole season.

WHAT'S INSIDE

- Dashboard: days to go, total budget, spent, still planned, money left, savings from deals, and % of gifts done, all on one page

- People: a budget for each name; spent, planned, left and a plain status ("1 to buy", "Wrap it", "All done", "Over budget") fill in by themselves

- Gift tracker (400 rows): who it is for, store, rough price, price paid, normal price, status from Idea to Ordered, Arrived, Wrapped and Given

- Late-delivery alert: ordered gifts turn red when the "arrives by" date has passed

- Deals tracker: type the normal price and see how much you saved

- Other holiday spending with category budgets: food, decorations, wrapping, travel, parties, donations, stocking stuffers

- Holiday card list with addresses, sent and received

- Charts: budget per person and where the gifts are

EASY TO USE

- Yellow cells are inputs, everything else is automatic

- Drop-down menus for people and status, so there is nothing to remember

- Comes with sample names and gifts so you can see it working; select the yellow cells and press Delete to start fresh

- Works in Excel (2016+, Microsoft 365, Mac and Windows) and Google Sheets, including the Google Sheets phone app

- Reuse it every year: change the year and clear the yellow cells

- Celebrate a different holiday? Change the big day on Setup

You get a .zip with the .xlsx file and a one-page quick start. Digital download, nothing ships.

Personal use. Please do not share or resell the file.