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Jullia Joson

The ultimate Christmas Eve checklist – what experts recommend to check off the to-do list ahead of the big day for smooth and stress-free festivities

A baby blue-painted living room with a fireplace decorated for Christmas with the Christmas tree tucked in the corner and presents laid out underneath it.

If you’re hosting Christmas for your family this year, it’s likely that at least a month (if not months) worth of preparations has already gone into organising the big day. But all the weeks of getting everything ready really peaks on Christmas eve when you have the final opportunity to get things in order ahead of Christmas Day. And this precious time should be used wisely – which is why a Christmas Eve checklist of the necessary last-minute tasks is a must in our opinion.

This organisational Christmas idea and tool is one of the best ways to avoid becoming overwhelmed and stressed at Christmas, especially if you make the checklist ahead of time and then simply go through it on Christmas Eve, checking the tasks off the to-do list.

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