Christmas Eve is 12 weeks from today.

For this week's countdown, I'm not adding anything new. (Pause for cheers and sighs of relief.) Instead, this is a catch-up week.

I want you to go back over the countdowns from the last several weeks. (You can access them all by clicking on the "Christmas Countdown" category on the side of the blog.)  If you haven't finished the things in these lists, that's your task for the week:  Get caught up. 

The tasks in the weeks past have been building a foundation.  They make sure that you have everything at hand, ready to go, when it's time to start acting.  You don't want to build unless your foundation is firm. That's just asking for trouble and stress.  The goal of the countdown is to reduce stress.  If you aren't stressed, you and the people around you will have more fun!