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You are hosting Thanksgiving, Christmas or Hanukkah and need to know when the turkey goes in, who is bringing what, and what it is all costing.
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One spreadsheet for Thanksgiving, Christmas and Hanukkah. Type in your turkey's weight and dinner time and it works out the day to start thawing it in the fridge, when it goes into a 325 °F oven, when to start checking for 165 °F, and when every side dish needs to start. Two dishes that need the oven at different temperatures at the same time are flagged. The turkey numbers come from the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service. Eight printable pages come with it for the fridge door.
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Open the Start here guide first: it shows how to open each file and get going in a few minutes. The rest is the template itself.
Inside the file
01Holiday-Hosting-Planner.xlsx with 8 linked tabs: Start, Thanksgiving Cook Timeline, Menu & Potluck, Guests, Shopping List, Gift Planner, Holiday Budget and To-Do Timeline
02Turkey thaw days, roast-time range at 325 °F stuffed or unstuffed, oven-in time and a 20-minute stand, from the USDA FSIS tables
03Side dishes scheduled backwards from dinner time, with oven temperature clashes flagged
04Holiday dates worked out for any year, and Hanukkah's eight nights dated for 2026 to 2035
05Menu, guests with dietary needs, shopping list, gift planner and a budget per holiday, all linked
06Holiday-Hosting-Printables.pdf: 8 US Letter pages for the cooking timeline, menu, guests, shopping, Christmas gifts, Hanukkah nights, Christmas week and thank-you notes
07Example data filled in so you can see how it works, and a minute to clear it
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