Planning for the Holidays - Breaking it down into 4 months of tasks

Organizing fall and winter Holiday tasks into monthly lists while also tracking travel, visits to and from friends and family, gift giving, to do items and more - all in one handy 4 column table in OneNote sure saves me a lot of time, and worry. Let me show you how I have been tackling this huge task.

Hi, I’m Crystal. Welcome to a Crystal Clear Life where we talk about planning, organizing and living a more simplified life. I use Microsoft OneNote 365 on my PC to create functional and decorative planners and notebooks to help keep my life organized. OneNote is awesome because it crosses all platforms so I can use it on my desktop PC, my iPad and my Android phone. That way I am never without my planner! Hope you enjoy.

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Published on October 31, 2025

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Chapters
0:00 - Introduction
2:19 - 4 month overview Holiday planning page
4:54 - small monthly calendars for tracking work schedules, travel, and events
7:15 - Monthly tasks for Holiday Preparation
10:55 - Gift lists by person
14:00 - Custonized Tags - Gift wrapped
14:55 - Linked page to a detailed gift idea page for each person
17:20 - consumable gift list page
19:25 - taking notes on my lists for future reference
21:40 - Screenshot lists and calendars
22:10 - inserting small calendars from Calendarpedia
28:41 - setting up the page for 2025 in my Holiday Planner
33:20 - Review and Conclusion

🐈‍⬛:: Products used in this video
• OneNote 365 version on Windows PC Asus ZenBook Flip 15
https://www.asus.com/laptops/for-home/zenbook/zenbook-flip-15-ux564/
• iPad 7th generation
• 1st generation Apple Pencil
• Samsung A51 android phone
• DCP Digitals https://dpcdigitals.com/
• Calendarpedia https://www.calendarpedia.com/

🐈‍⬛:: videos mentioned in this video
• Calendarpedia Download https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zzyeY26WK0
• • Holiday Planner Playlist https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLq7-CgaPQOfz96SGn7QasbkpeW3spbx8a&si=rJ7Rz7jdHN605wOy

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