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A free budget planner tool from SortMe

Your Christmas Budget.

Christmas spending runs from the Black Friday presents through the food and the travel to January’s card statement, and you know all of it is coming. The planner below gives you your number and the weekly amount, and nothing you type leaves this browser unless you share it or email yourself a copy.

How the planner works

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    Add it up, stop by stop

    The planner walks you through six stops: gifts, food and drink, travel, events and outings, decorations, and anything else. Put a line and an amount against each one, and the running total follows you across the top.

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    Set your date and what you’ve put away

    Christmas Eve is the default, and you can change it. Tell the planner what’s already set aside and it splits the rest across the weeks you have left, with the fortnightly figure alongside it.

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    Share it, or email yourself a copy

    Send a read-only link to whoever is paying for Christmas with you, and their view stays current as you edit. The plan itself lives in this browser, so email yourself a copy if you want to keep it.

Questions, answered.

Do I need a SortMe account to use the planner?
No. It’s free, open to anyone, and there’s no sign-up. An account is only worth having if you want SortMe to track what you spend against the plan, using your real bank transactions.
Where is my plan saved?
In this browser, on this device. Clearing your browsing data clears the plan, and it won’t follow you to your phone. Email yourself a copy or share the link if you want it somewhere safer.
Who can see a plan I share?
Anyone who has the link. They see it read-only and can’t change anything, and their view stays current, so it updates when you edit your plan. The planner tells you the date the link stops working at the point you create it.
How much does Christmas cost a New Zealand household?
There’s no useful average, because it turns on the size of the family and how far everyone travels. As a starting figure, households in a 2025 MYOB survey budgeted about $415 for Christmas food and drink, and about $140 a head on presents.
How is this different from SortMe itself?
The planner covers one season and one list. SortMe connects your accounts, read-only, so your budget, Spend Overview and Cashflow Forecast stay current all year, and January’s bills turn up in the forecast before January does. You can try it for $1 for 7 days.

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