Your December Checklist: Christmas Edition

The holidays are hectic so let me cut to the chase. I’ve got a checklist for you whether you’re an introvert, an extrovert, a spender, or a partyer. You can skip to your section or do them all. Just make sure you have one hell of a holiday.

For the homebody

• Decorate. Unplug from social media and plug in the string lights baby!
• Stock up on scented Christmas candles. On sale (64% off) at Bath & Body.
• Order everyone’s gifts on Amazon. Get yourself something nice.
• Apparently, Amazon is able to do the wrapping for you (You’re welcome)
• If not, challenge yourself to wrap gifts with actual wrapping paper and ribbon.
• Or at least remember to put tissue paper in the gift bags. Show some effort.
• Give yourself an entire self care weekend wearing Christmas jammies.
• Chill out to the soothing sounds of DMX’s Rudolph remix.
• Make chocolate chip cookies. Eat most of the cookie dough.
• Gain ten pounds. Wear oversized sweaters to compensate.  
• You’ve probably already seen every Hallmark Christmas movie.
• Graduate to Netflix. Binge all the new Christmas movies.
• You’re last resort is Freeform. Or the only Blockbuster still in business.
• Panic about spending time with distant relatives over the holidays.
• Use the last of your vacation days to sleep off all of your hard homebodying!

For the entertainer

• Throw a make-your-own Christmas cocktail party.
• If that’s too classy, just play the Santa hat drinking game.
• Hang a mistletoe and make it awkward for all of your single friends!
• Ugly sweater parties are a good excuse to dress comfy on a Saturday night.
• Whoever has the best ugly sweater wins a re-gift you never used from last year.
• You’re already watching Hallmark movies, invite a friend over on a weeknight to join.
• Because friends over on a weeknight is a perfect reason to order takeout! (And drinks)
• Request DMX’s Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer at every get together.
• Especially at the office holiday party. Very appropriate. Everyone will love you.
• Use the holidays as an excuse to try every holiday cocktail that exists.
• Don’t forget about all the seasonal craft beers that’ve been released!
• Invite friends or fam over to bake cookies. Forget to bake cookies.  
• Skip organizing pollyannas Doing gag gifts is more fun.
• For the love of God don’t bring up politics during the holiday party.
• Or your stance on vaccinations. That’s not up for debate.

For the shopper

• Consider gifting experiences. Try Groupon (So affordable). Movie tickets (A classic.) Or a weekend getaway on you (If you got it like that).
• Make someone a personalized gift basket filled with handpicked presents they’ll love.
• Raid TJ Maxx, Marshalls, and Homegoods before shopping anywhere else. No seriously.
• Tell yourself you won’t wait until last minute to do your holiday shopping.
• Literally wait until the last minute to do your holiday shopping.
• Shop local. Do some old school, offline Christmas shopping.
• Pay to get your gifts wrapped at the mall. Save time. Not money.
• If you actually considered that, you’re probably also gifting a getaway.
• If you didn’t, check out the dollar store for incredibly affordable stocking stuffers.
• Make every gift you give truly thoughtful. It’s not all about the mula baby.
• Avoid maxing out your credit cards. Avoid opening new credit cards.
• Buy your most conservative family member a ridiculously inappropriate gag gift.
• Never forget their reaction. Priceless.  

For the adventurer

• Visit and support small towns like Peddler’s Village.
• Then go big: visit to New York City to see the tree and do all the things.
• Totally regret going to NYC during the busiest time of year. Blame me.
• Cut down your own Christmas tree. Consider yourself Paul Bunyan.
• Crash someone else’s holiday office party. Make Christmas crashing a thing.
• Round up a friend or two and be the only adults in line to get a picture with Santa.
• Shamelessly post the picture to Instagram with obnoxious hashtags. Get no likes.
• Points if you send it out as a Christmas card. Help save the U.S. Postal Service.
• Drive through rich neighborhoods to see their much-better-than-your’s decorations.
• Rally up friends that are just as weird as you to go Christmas caroling.
• Tell everyone that yes, you actually went Christmas caroling.
• Go ice skating. Absolutely pregame. Maybe bust your ass.
• Solve world hunger. Tell no one.