Christmas Eve is two weeks from today. You should be moving into end game on your preparations. This is crunch time. But if you survive this week, it’s all easy from here!

By the end of this week:

• You should complete your shopping.

• Ship any gifts that you cannot deliver personally. Shipping this week means shorter lines in the post office and less chance that you’ll have to pay expedited shipping charges.

• Finalize your menus for holiday meals and purchase all non-perishable ingredients.

• If you haven’t done your decorating, you at least need a timeline.

• You want your Christmas cards to go out no later than December 20th.

• Get into the habit of doing a quick tidy and declutter each day so the house will be prepared for folks to drop in.

You’re in the home stretch. If you’ve been following this countdown from the beginning, you should be just about ready for the holidays!