Holiday Budget Planner
Set your total Christmas budget, allocate by category, and see how much you'd need to save each week before December arrives.
Total budget
217 days until Christmas — about 31 weeks, 8 months.
Allocation by category
Gifts
Everyone on your list
$450
50% of total
%Food & drink
Christmas dinner, parties, drinks
$180
20% of total
%Decor & wrapping
Tree, lights, wrapping, cards
$90
10% of total
%Travel
Flights, fuel, lodging
$90
10% of total
%Everything else
Tipping, host gifts, school events
$90
10% of total
%
Shares sum to 100% — perfect.
Savings plan
To hit $900 by Christmas, save:
Per week
$29
31 weeks left
Per month
$113
8 months left
How to use it
- Total budget — set what you want to spend on Christmas this year.
- Categories — the planner suggests a 50/30/20 split (gifts / food / other) you can adjust.
- Savings goal — calculates how much per week or month between now and Christmas to hit your target.
- Want more? Try the gift list manager to track who, what, and how much per person.
Where the money usually leaks
Most households underbudget by 20-30% because they forget the "everything else" — wrapping, cards, postage, tipping, host gifts, school events, party contributions, last-minute "I forgot one more person" runs. Build that 20% into the plan from day one.