Yes, it is just 12 days before Christmas and hopefully you are feeling pretty good about it. This is what we have been waiting months for. Ever since the first Christmas tree arrived in the stores back in September, we have been plotting and planning and working toward a fun, memorable, and meaningful Christmas for ourselves and our families. Here is a list of things that should already be done, or should be finished up in the next few days.

• Finish shopping for gifts.  (They likely do not need that one more thing that is on your list.)
• Wrap presents.
• Round up stocking stuffers.
• Clean house (to prepare for guests and get-togethers).
• Finish planning Christmas meal menu.
• Create grocery list from menu. Go grocery shopping for items.
• Bake cookies for Santa plus more to give to neighbors.
• Take gifts to be mailed to the post office or deliver gifts to friends.
• Mail Christmas cards.
• Offer assistance to someone this season: pick something off the angel tree, buy supplies off the wish list for a local shelter or humane society, visit a nursing home and chat with the residents.
• Curl up on the couch with a cup of hot cocoa, play some soft Christmas music in the background, and watch the lights twinkle on your Christmas tree.

How do you feel with Christmas just a week away? Ready or not – here it comes!