Printables

It's every mother's Christmas morning list: a record of gifts received, to be used for the next day's thank-you note session.

If you're a Microsoft Word user (Word 97 or later), check out this free printable:

Free Printable Gifts Received Tracker Form

It's a free feature from BrightIdeas.com (the folks who bring you M&Ms candy): print personalized gift tags online.

To create these colorful gift tags--and include names and a personalized message--visit the Bright Ideas site:

Print Free Personalized Gift Tags

Are the little ones eager to send the year's wish list to Santa? Create a memorable Santa letter--and print it, too--with this online Santa letter generator from Scott products.

Choose from one of three colorful templates, then personalize the letter with your child's name, age and favorite reindeer. If you're comfortable sharing an e-mail address, Santa will send a message back to your child!

Print A Letter To Santa

For daily printables during December, check out FamilyFun.com's free Christmas Countdown printables page.

Offering a free printable decoration, gift idea or game each day in December, you'll keep printers--and little hands--busy as you count down to Christmas.

Don't miss the cute printable gift book, "From Me to You". It's an easy gift for children to make and give:

Free Christmas Countdown Printables

Kitchens are humming with the season's best cookie recipes! If you'll join the holiday baking fun, check out this gift from allrecipes.com: a free printable cookie cookbook.

With recipes, tips and lavish color photographs, Homemade Holiday Cookies is a fresh addition to the cookie recipe collection. Inside, you'll find cookie tips, decorating ideas, advice for packing and shipping cookies and recipes, recipes, recipes. Don't miss coffee pairing pointers from Starbucks!

This free printable cookbook is offered in .pdf format, so you'll need the free Adobe Reader to view and print:

Homemade Holiday Cookies Cookbook

Now, where exactly did we store the window candlesticks? You'll always know what's in the box with this free printable holiday decorations organizer form from RealSimple.com:

What's In The Box?

A pretty label adds a professional flair to home-baked goodies, so check out these free printable gift tags for baked goods from Land O'Lakes butter.

With fourteen colofurl designs from dreidel to sleigh to gingerbread boy, you're sure to find the right touch for kitchen gifts:

Free Printable Gift Tags for Baked Goods

You'll need to have a copy of Microsoft Word 97 or later, but if you do, check out this bonanza of free Thanksgiving printables from Microsoft!

From greeting cards to party invitations, dinner menus to recipe cards, you'll find a bonanza of quick templates to spark your holiday celebration.

Thankgiving Printables for Microsoft Word

It's not the barest of bare-bones countdowns (we'll share those later), but it's a good one: a Thanksgiving checklist from Butterball.com. Of course, you'll have to ignore the marketing prompts ("Sign up for the Turkey Lovers Club newsletter!"), but hey--that's stuff that pays the freight for this nifty day-by-day countdown to Turkey Day.

Print it, hang it and follow it for an easy roadmap to the Thanksgiving feast:

Butterball Thanksgiving Holiday Checklist

Just the thing to spark up your Christmas notebook: a 2007 US Holiday Calendar from Microsoft.com. An editable document, you'll be able to add birthdays, family celebrations and special days.

You'll need a copy of Microsoft Word 2003 (PC version) or better for this free downloadable template:

2007 US Holiday Calendar