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Welcome to Gifts and Giving Week! It's the time to focus on gift lists, gift buying and gift wrapping.
Gift-buying wins out as the "biggest holiday organization challenge". During Gifts and Giving Week, the goal is to get on top of the gift list.
For many families, gift-giving is a prime source of holiday financial stress. So the plan is to divide and conquer, spreading gift-buying over a four-week period, and tracking your purchases. 
Week 3
· Observe Time Change Sunday. Check smoke detectors and assess your household's emergency plan.
· Divide the Christmas card list into five groups. Write and address the second group this week.
· Review and renegotiate adult gift giving. Can you simplify your family's "unwritten rules? Draw names and set a price limit for a gift exchange. Could your family dispense with adult gifts in favor of gifts to charity or family service project?
· Divide entries on your gift list into five groups. Continue shopping for Christmas gifts, and try to buy one-fifth of the gifts this week.
· To ensure delivery, finish all catalog and online shopping.
· Designate a special envelope for all receipts.
· Will you be making gifts this year? What can you "practically" get done in time? Now cut that list in half. You don't have as much time as you think.
· Plan Thanksgiving Dinner. Order the turkey.
· Review your holiday budget.
· Gift wrapping and supplies ready?
· If you need a babysitter during the holiday, make arrangements now.
· Start a stocking stuffers list.
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