Playbookyour questions, answered

No. The Real Claus Playbook is a Christmas helper, an interactive planner that opens in your web browser on my website. You type in your plans and it does the adding up, the sorting, and the remembering. When you're done, you can print your plan or save it as a PDF.

No AI, no subscription, and nothing to download. It works on its own. You just need a web browser.

Use whatever you like best! It works on iPhone, Android, tablets, and computers. A computer is easiest because you can see everything at once, but a phone works great too. Just pick one device and finish where you start, because your plan saves only on the device and browser you use.

Nope, not at all! Everything works right on your screen, and you can save your plan as a PDF to keep on your phone or computer. Printing your plan, gift tags, and white elephant numbers is completely optional.

It's the opposite. You answer a few yes/no questions and only the parts your family uses show up. Then you fill things in as December happens, and the Helper keeps the totals, the list, and the calendar for you.

Not at all. Start whenever you start. It shows you what's left to buy, hide, and wrap, so a late start is when it helps the most.

Yes. Dads, grandparents, single parents, aunts and uncles. If you're the one keeping Christmas together, it's for you.

Through Jan 31, 2027. That covers the whole season to plan, shop, wrap, and print.

The Real Claus Playbook runs on my website, so it's made for one Christmas season at a time. And I'm already working on next year! I'm taking everything I learn from this year's families (that's you!) to make next year's Helper even better, and you can bring your saved plan into it so you're not starting from scratch. Print your plan before your access ends on Jan 31, 2027 so it's yours to keep.

Yes, each year gets a new edition. Before your access ends, save your backup, and next year's edition can load it to fill in the things that repeat, like your kids, your traditions, and your bins, so you're not starting from scratch. Watch your inbox. I'll email this year's families first when next year's opens.

Yes! The easiest way is a Grace Co. Shop gift card. They can pick up The Real Claus Playbook themselves, and it opens with their own email.

Because this is a digital product, all sales are final.

Open your order confirmation email and tap Open my Real Claus Playbook. Log in with the same email you used at checkout. You'll get a quick code to sign in, and your Helper opens right there. Save that email or bookmark the page so you can always find it.

Yes, and it saves you from digging for your order email every time! Open your Helper, then:

iPhone (Safari): tap the Share button (the square with the arrow), then Add to Home Screen, then Add.
Android (Chrome): tap ⋮ at the top right, then Add to Home screen.

Make sure you're logged in with the email you used at checkout. If you checked out with a different email, log out and log back in with that one. Still stuck? Reply to your order confirmation email.

Only on the device and browser you use. I can't see your plan, your kids' names, or your gift list, and I can't get it back if it's lost. That's why backups matter (see below).

Tap the Move or back up my plan button on your home screen. It's one button for both. The easiest way is Copy my plan link: text or email it to yourself, then open it on the other device and your whole plan loads. That text or email is also your backup. You can also copy a plan code and keep it somewhere safe. Make a new backup any time you make big changes.

Plans don't sync between devices. You can send your plan link to someone so they can open a copy, but changes they make won't show up on yours. It works best with one person as the planner.

No. The Helper updates on its own when improvements are made, and your saved answers stay put.

Every answer in it is an example, so you can see where things go. Look around, then tap Start my own plan and make it yours.

No. In Checking It Twice you answer a few yes/no questions, like whether you do stockings or a gift exchange. Answer no and that section folds away.

Yes. Answer no to Does Santa visit your house? and every Santa item hides, from Santa Mode to the night-before jobs.

Tap Hide gifts from little eyes and every gift name blurs. Tap again when the coast is clear.

Yes. Set a budget for each person and the Helper adds up what you planned and what you spent as you check things off, so you know before you're over.

It's for after Christmas. Answer yes to Use take-down mode after Christmas? in Checking It Twice, pick your take-down day, and open Take-Down Mode on your phone while you pack. Each bin or bag gets its own card with a number, a color, what's inside, and where it lives. Add your Christmas books + games too, so you don't buy doubles. Then print bin labels, bag tags, and a list of every bin, so next year you know exactly which one to open.

Yes. In the Holiday Calendar, tap Add to my phone calendar. Secret things like Santa moments and wrapping night stay out of it unless you choose to include them, so nobody spots them on a shared calendar.

Yes, if you want to (you don't need a printer). In Print + Back Up, tap Printable plan to print or save a PDF with your December calendar, each person's list, your shopping list, and the rest of your plan.

Yes. In Gift Tags, tap See + print my tags. Every name is already filled in, so you just print, cut, and stick.

Only the extras you turn on: Nice List cards for teachers and helpers, advent number squares and activity tags, recipe cards, numbers for a white elephant hat, voting slips for gingerbread night, your Christmas card address list, and your bin labels and books + games list. Each one has its own print button right where you need it.