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Small-business holiday calendar planning worksheet

A holiday calendar is more useful when it reflects the people you serve and the work your team can actually support. Use this worksheet to decide which dates deserve a post, where each date came from, what the message helps someone do, and who will approve it. It is a selection tool, not a complete list of observances or a business-hours announcement.

For: Small-business owners and social-media managers who plan seasonal posts across a year and want to prioritize only dates they can support. Use it to: Screen candidate observances for audience relevance, verify the date from a suitable source, connect the post to a useful action, and assign an owner before scheduling.

A small-shop owner sorts blank date cards beside an empty calendar into two groups, one marked with abstract checks and one with open circles.

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  • General

    Choose dates because they matter to your audience and your business can support the message—not because every date is on a calendar.

The collection

Pick a moment, then make it yours

A quick screen for candidate dates

  • Audience: Name the community or customers for whom the date has a real connection. If the connection is only “it is on the calendar,” leave it out.
  • Source: Save a link to the organizer, government, school or local institution that sets or explains the date. Confirm local variation before recording a fixed date.
  • Purpose: Choose one useful action—such as explain a service, share a resource, invite participation or recognize a community. Avoid a post that says only “happy [holiday]” unless that message has a clear audience reason.
  • Readiness: Check that the business can support the message with accurate hours, products, staff, location, terms and destination links.
  • Owner: Assign a role to verify facts, approve the copy and check the scheduled asset after it goes live.
  • Decision: Mark plan, verify later or skip. A skipped date is a valid planning choice.

Record the reason, not just the date

For every planned post, the worksheet asks for a named audience connection, a useful action, a date source and an approval role. If one of these fields is missing, keep the date in “verify later” instead of scheduling a generic message. The rule is a team workflow suggestion, not a measure of campaign performance.

Download the blank date-selection worksheet

The CSV starts with one blank row. Add a row for each candidate date, keep its source URL, and record “plan,” “verify later,” or “skip” in the decision field. No holiday dates or business facts are prefilled.

Before a date reaches the publishing calendar

  • The date was checked against its organizer or appropriate source.
  • The audience and practical reason for the post are written in plain terms.
  • Any hours, availability, offer or location details come from the business’s current approved record.
  • A responsible role owns final review and the destination link is tested.

A quick note

Make it fit your situation

Check the organizer or official source for the date and any local variation before scheduling. A federal holiday list does not define every observance or a private business schedule.

Keep the worksheet focused on public campaign decisions. Do not enter customer names, employee personal contact details, or private account information.

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