{"id":277,"date":"2025-09-05T22:15:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T22:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/good-worldwide.go-vip.net\/upworthy\/2025\/09\/05\/christmas-prep-in-september\/"},"modified":"2025-09-05T22:15:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T22:15:00","slug":"christmas-prep-in-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/2025\/09\/05\/christmas-prep-in-september\/","title":{"rendered":"How starting an &#8216;Organized Christmas&#8217; now can help you from becoming a holiday stress monster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theorganisedmum.com\/about-tom\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><u>Gemma Bray<\/u><\/a>, best-selling <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upworthy.com\/tag\/writers\" target=\"_self\"><u>author<\/u><\/a> and creator of The Organised Mum Method, recently wicked off a free 13-week program to help moms and parents in charge of Christmas magic everywhere get effortlessly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upworthy.com\/tag\/organization\" target=\"_self\"><u>organized<\/u><\/a> long before the big holiday arrives. <\/p>\n<p>We know what you&#8217;re thinking\u2026<a href=\"https:\/\/www.upworthy.com\/tag\/christmas\" target=\"_self\"><u>Christmas<\/u><\/a> planning? In tank top weather? But you know how it goes. The minute <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upworthy.com\/the-weird-true-story-of-how-pumpkin-spice-everything-conquered-america\" target=\"_self\"><u>pumpkin spiced delights<\/u><\/a> hit the menus (and they have) that means you&#8217;ve got about three blinks in before Yuletide sneaks up\u2014leaving you far too overwhelmed with last minute to-dos to actually <a href=\"https:\/\/www.good.is\/animal-photography-awards-ex1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><u>enjoy<\/u><\/a> the holiday. Ba humbug. <\/p>\n<p>But Bay\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@the_organised_mum\/video\/7544412277198327062?embed_source=121374463%2C121468991%2C121439635%2C121749182%2C121433650%2C121404359%2C121497414%2C121477481%2C121351166%2C121811500%2C121860360%2C121487028%2C121679410%2C121331973%2C120811592%2C120810756%2C121819198%3Bnull%3Bembed_share&amp;refer=embed&amp;referer_url=www.scarymommy.com%2Fparenting%2Forganized-christmas&amp;referer_video_id=7544412277198327062\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><u>Organised Christmas<\/u><\/a>\u201d promised to circumnavigate all that, by having \u201ca very slow, very gentle, very calm way\u201d prep plan that\u2019s so simple, you \u201cwon\u2019t even notice you\u2019re doing it.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat&#8217;s the whole magic of it. Every single week, I just give you a few jobs, bite-sized jobs just to tick off. It&#8217;s not too much, it&#8217;s not gonna overwhelm you, it&#8217;s not gonna take up too much time in your week, cause I know that we&#8217;re all busy. Tick them off, move on, get on with the rest of your week, forget about it,\u201d Bay says in a TikTok.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rm-embed embed-media\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@the_organised_mum\/video\/7544412277198327062\" class=\"tiktok-embed\" data-video-id=\"7544412277198327062\">\n<section> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@the_organised_mum?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"@the_organised_mum\">@the_organised_mum<\/a> Ok team THIS IS BLOOMING WELL IT!!! Week one starts Monday   Who\u2019s doing TOM Organised Christmas with me this year? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/organisedmum?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"organisedmum\">#organisedmum<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/britishcolumbia?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"britishcolumbia\">#britishcolumbia<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/organisedchristmas?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"organisedchristmas\">#organisedchristmas<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/christmasprep?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"christmasprep\">#christmasprep<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-7544412305795058454?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c original sound - Gem | Founder of TOM\">\u266c original sound &#8211; Gem | Founder of TOM<\/a> <\/section>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<p>\u201cAt the end of Organized Christmas, which finishes at the end of November, the whole idea is, it leaves December pretty much stress-free, so you can actually enjoy it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Okay\u2026we\u2019re listening! <\/p>\n<p>Technically, Organized Christmas began September 1st, but worry not. These tasks are really so simple that catching up is easy. And again. It\u2019s about doing little steps \u201cslowly but surely\u201d before things get stressful, not about being perfect.<\/p>\n<p>Okay, week one\u2019s tasks: finding (and possibly booking) upcoming holidays events. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow this could be anything&#8230;could be Christmas lights. It could be an event that you&#8217;ve been wanting to go to for ages, but you never quite get it booked in time. Have a look this week. Do some research. This is <em><em>your<\/em><\/em> year,\u201d she explains, adding, \u201cI\u2019ll be talking budgets very, very soon, but if there&#8217;s that one thing that every year you think, God missed out again, have a look this week.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image\">\n<figure class=\"rkv-rebelmouse\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/good-worldwide.go-vip.net\/qa-upworthy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/origin-164.gif\" alt=\"planning, gif, the office, plans, prep, Christmas\" \/><figcaption>The Office gif  <a href=\"https:\/\/media1.giphy.com\/media\/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExNnIxdmx3cWt5Y2xvdmVtcmptdjllMG4yZ2N6MXlicGhhcmp5Y2s0ZCZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw\/2x9q65qHdYqVW\/giphy.gif\" rel=\"nofollow\">media1.giphy.com<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>                        <\/p>\n<p>Also: holiday events on the school calendar will be checked out during this week. <\/p>\n<p> \u201cHave a little look on your school website&#8230;to see if there&#8217;s anything on there about Christmas events, Christmas fairs, Christmas plays, that sort of thing. Especially if you work shifts or need to take time off work. If there isn&#8217;t anything on there yet, then make a little note in your diary today to check in with them in a few weeks time. Otherwise, you&#8217;ll just forget in all of the chaos, because this time gets really really busy. You want to give yourself as much time and chance as possible if you need to book that time off work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last but certainly not least: food deliveries. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you do online grocery shopping, then have a look into it this week because most of them will give you priority slots for Christmas shopping deliveries, and it just makes it so much easier,\u201d says Bay.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s well worth it in my opinion, especially if you are going to make use of it regularly, because it just saves you on delivery costs as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"rm-embed embed-media\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@the_organised_mum\/video\/7545047414957149462\" class=\"tiktok-embed\" data-video-id=\"7545047414957149462\">\n<section> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@the_organised_mum?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"@the_organised_mum\">@the_organised_mum<\/a> Offfff weee gooo!!!!  1- popular events  2- school diary 3- food  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/organisedmum?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"organisedmum\">#organisedmum<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/christmasprep?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"christmasprep\">#christmasprep<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/organisedchristmas?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"organisedchristmas\">#organisedchristmas<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/xmasprep?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"xmasprep\">#xmasprep<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-7545047415808690966?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c original sound - Gem | Founder of TOM\">\u266c original sound &#8211; Gem | Founder of TOM<\/a> <\/section>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Down in the comments, others made a few other suggestion for things to book early: <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love booking a full house deep clean before the holidays to make them less stressful and those slots bookup really fast, so it could be worth looking in that if (like me) some of the items like grocery delivery and school events aren\u2019t relevant to you.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAdvent calendars will start coming out soon too or available for preorder.\ufffd\ufffd <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve already got my family Christmas pajamas. They sell out ev<br \/>\nery year.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Mostly people just flocked to the  comments to thank Bay for offering some helpful ways to stay on top of things without feeling inundated with to-dos, or without succumbing to procrastination. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve just found you. I always get overwhelmed at Christmas but adding this year I\u2019m currently 32 weeks pregnant so hoping this will help me massively!\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m a chronic leave it til last minute person. Not this year! I\u2019m sick of December being stressful and being too busy to do things with the kids. I\u2019ve almost finished my Christmas present shopping, advent calendars bought, snacks for Christmas bought but this is really helpful as a first-time prepper to make sure I\u2019ve not missed anything!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Whether you\u2019re an A-type Christmas magic bringer or more &#8220;go-with-the-flow,&#8221; it\u2019s easy to see how incorporating at least some of what Bay is suggesting can make the holidays less mentally taxing, and therefore a whole lot more fun for everyone. <\/p>\n<p>To join in on Organised Christmas, give The Organised Mum a follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/the_organised_mum\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For those tired of not getting to actually enjoy the holiday each year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":188154,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"alternative_headline":"","alternative_description":"","alternative_featured_image":0,"rkv_announcement":{"visible":true},"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"partner_boost":false,"hide_partner_badge":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[208,329],"tags":[764,765,766,767,768,614,769,770,328,771,345],"sponsor":[],"rkv-people-shadow":[134],"class_list":["post-277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-family","category-parenting","tag-christmas","tag-christmas-planning","tag-christmas-prep","tag-holiday-planning","tag-holiday-season","tag-moms","tag-motherhood","tag-organized-mom","tag-parenting","tag-september","tag-time-management"],"edit_link":null,"apple_news_notices":[],"rkv_author":{"id":134,"name":"Gemma Davison","display_name":"Gemma Davison","first_name":"","last_name":"","nickname":"","url":"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/author\/gemma-davison\/","link":"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/author\/gemma-davison\/","description":"Gemma Davidson is a former Research Scientist with a degree in Applied Biology. 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