Let Krisann Blair, Christmas Coach, lead you on a journey to rediscover what Christmas truly means to you.  Christmas Organizing has been helping people just like you put joy back into their Christmas for over 10 years. You can see how Christmas Organizing has helped everyday people like you on our Testimonials page.  Christmas Organizing has over 500 pages of information to explore - so you are sure to find at least a few hints and tips to help you have a less stressful Christmas season. 

Celebrating Christmas is an unique experience for each family.  The goal of Christmas Organizing is not to tell you how Christmas "should be" but rather to guide you to Compose YOUR Christmas.  No, we are not writing a song about Christmas - the word compose means to arrange and put in order.  With resources found here on our site we will help you discover what about Christmas is important to YOU (such as time with family, putting Christ back in the center of Christmas, making Christmas simplier, etc.) and then help you to arrange your holiday season and put JOY back into your Christmas.

Not sure where to begin?  Krisann suggests you start with "Let the Journey Begin" where you will find articles and information on topics such as setting up a Christmas Organizing Center, creating a holiday notebook, setting up a Christmas calendar, budgeting for Christmas, etc. 

Once you have began your journey, move on to one of the following areas - each designed to help with a different aspect of your Christmas planning:

• Home Sweet Home - this section has information about all the things we do at our home during the Christmas season such as (but not limited to) decorating, entertaining, cleaning for the holidays, baking, December Dinners, activities at home during Christmas, etc.
• Gifts of Christmas - this section has information about gifts.  This includes gift lists, gift storage, gift wrapping, Christmas cards, mailing Christmas cards and gifts, etc.
• Away We Go - this section has information on activities you do away from home such as church, family gatherings, community activities, etc. as well as traveling during the Christmas season on vacation or to see family, volunteering, etc.

Want to join our community?  There are opportunities here at Christmas Organizing to connect with others who share the love of Christmas and we welcome you to join us in the following Christmas Organizing Community areas:

• Email Newsletters (see top of page to subscribe)
• Candy Cane Club
• Christmas Organizing Yahoo! Discussion Group
• Explore and find a new recipe for Christmas in our community submitted Recipe section
• Compete with others in our fun Christmas Trivia Game
• Get your kids into the Christmas spirit with our Christmas Coloring Pages
• Visit the Upcoming Events for details on classes and workshops - both online and in person
• Are you traveling and want to visit Christmas stores along the way?  Visit our Christmas Stores by State section.
• Do you live in the Jackson, TN area - check out our section of activities in and around Jackson related to Christmas - Jackson Christmas Events
  

So pour yourself a cup of hot chocolate and play some Christmas music in the background while you explore our site. Christmas Organizing is an organization dedicated to helping others discover how to have a less stressful holiday season through year-round holiday planning but even if you are starting in December there are still some great tips you can put into action.

Our goal is to help you with getting organized for Christmas and help you focus your attention on the aspects that are most important to you and your family during the Christmas season.

A note from Krisann . . .  

Hi! My name is Krisann Blair (a.k.a. the Christmas Coach) and I would like to personally welcome you to the Christmas Organizing web site. Christmas has always played an important part in my life. My mother who passed away in 2003, taught me the true meaning of Christmas and to enjoy and share the love of the season with others.

Christmas Organizing began in 1998 with the hope of finding about 20 people to help keep me on track and stay organized for the Christmas of 99 because my Christmas of 98 was not spent celebrating the birth of Christ the way I felt it should have so I started an email list with OneList - a forerunner of Yahoo!Groups and instantly found others to share my vision with.

The group was originally called Christmas99. Little did I realize how many others loved to talk about Christmas ALL YEAR and as I shared my knowledge of preparing for Christmas all year and staying organized doing our community has grown, and grown and grown! What started out as a 2 page website is now a large complex web site and new for 2007 is the Candy Cane Club - a members only section with special features for those who want a little more.

Christmas 2008 will be the 10th Christmas the community will be celebrating together and we currently have over 7000 members of our community from every state and countries all around the world - and we always have room for another! The spirit of Christmas is alive and well in the Christmas Organizing community - please come join us!