Details always slip your mind? Not this year. Woman’s Day has a list to start checking off in early December to help you get better organized for the holidays.

• Arrange baby sitters ASAP for you and guests.

• Compile holiday tunes. Make a few mix CDs now.

• Stock frozen meals. You’ll want anything healthy you can put on the table quickly, whether it’s store-bought frozen lasagna or leftovers.

• Buy toilet paper. Lots of it. Really.

• Inventory your tableware. Now is the time to make sure your set for eight hasn’t slid down to seven.

• Create guest baskets. Arrange sample-size shampoo and lotions in a toiletry basket with small towels. Every guest forgets something.

• Bake goodies with a long shelf life. Like cookies and gingerbread. Otherwise you’ll be up to your elbows in flour after midnight on the 23rd.

• Charge digital cameras and camcorders. And make sure the memory card is empty. Nothing gets in the way of opening gifts like asking everyone to wait while you charge.