7 Tips for Holiday Decorating

How organized are you Holiday decorations?  Do you use them all, or are you keeping decorations that have outlived their purpose, belong to children that have moved out, or you just don’t even like anymore?  Are you overwhelmed and frazzled with the thoughts of getting “organized for the holidays”?
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Here are a few ideas to use this season if you are overwhelmed with decorating for the holidays.

1. As you unpack, choose, and display your decorations, delete the ones that you aren’t going to use again.  Don’t even put them back into the box!  Bless someone else who is just starting out and would love some holiday cheer!
2. Do you still have ornaments that belong to your adult children?  Collect them, wrap them up, and gift them their ornaments as they begin to decorate their own homes.
3. Take photos of your decorations so you will remember how you used them.  This is helpful if you are tempted to purchase new decorations.  You don’t need to rely on memory when shopping.
4. If anything has broken, or the lights have stopped working, throw them away!
5. Clearly mark your storage containers when you put your holiday decorations away. 
6. Simplify, simplify!  If you don’t have the time you used to have to decorate, don’t feel like you need to go “all-out”.  Decorate with fewer decorations.  Use the ones you enjoy the most and have great holiday memories and sentiment.
7. Enjoy the holiday season. Don’t get overwhelmed with trying to “Do It All”. This season is meant to celebrate Christmas, not create unnecessary stress.

If you need helping getting organized, Organizing Your Chaos is happy to help you get ready.  We are also available to help you with the Christmas clean up.  We can be an extra set of hands when un-decorating. We can also help you to maximize your holiday storage.

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