It’s time in the Old Bohemian Homestead Christmas Plan to make last-minute Christmas preparations so you can focus on friends and family without distraction when Christmas arrives.

This completes the Old Bohemian Homestead Christmas Plan for this year. Thanks for participating. 

May you and your family celebrate a joyous Christmas.

Peace on earth begins at home.

This Week’s Catch-Up-on-Christmas Plan

If time has slipped away from you, take a deep breath and check out the Old Bohemian Homestead Last-Minute Christmas Punch List.

The Old Bohemian Homestead Christmas Plan

Once I worked hard to clean my house, set a beautiful table, and serve a luscious holiday meal to the guests around our table. After the meal, I slaved over the dishes alone, and finally went out to sit down and enjoy our company.

They were just leaving.

I was the perfect hostess in every way but the most important one. Since that long-ago holiday meal, I’ve learned to speak up when help is needed, gauge how much I can do in the time available, and to give up perfectionism. When the lights are low and the conversation inviting, no one minds a few wrinkles in the table cloth.

It’s honorable and right to give the best to your guests, but they most cherish your company.

Have you ever stayed up half the night Christmas Eve, preparing for morning? You spent the Christmas season on a collision course with time, and the crash finally came at the last minute. This happened to me once, and I swore never to let it again. 

No one should slide into Christmas exhausted and spent. I hope that the Old Bohemian Christmas Plan has helped you avoid this sort of situation. Now is the time to make the final push and get everything ready before Christmas Eve comes waltzing merrily along.

CHRISTMAS PREPARATIONS

• Catch up on any remaining Christmas chores. If there’s a lot still to do, take a look at the Old Bohemian Homestead Last-Minute Christmas Punch List. 
• Clean your house for Christmas by Tuesday at the latest, if possible, so you can fully enjoy the peace of Christmas Eve.
• Prepare for house guests, as applicable. It’s fun to include little touches to make them feel welcome.
• Prepare any make-ahead foods for holiday meals.
• Prepare to stuff those Christmas stockings by bagging items to include per person.

INSPIRATIONAL ACTIVITY

• Make plans to attend church on Christmas Eve. There’s nothing more special than welcoming Christmas with a candle light service.