Putting Christmas Away
/We put the Christmas decorations away on New Years Eve. This year it was easy because they were less complex than usual. I took my Zentangle ornaments off the tree after I enjoyed the tree one last time while I ate my breakfast. I left the hooks attached to their string hangers – ready for next year. They fit nicely in a snowman tin I had previously used for the hooks.
We took the wreath off the door and put it into the box it came in several years ago after taking the batteries out (it will get fresh ones when we unpack it next year). Our cat approved its packaging. The whole thing went into a big trash bag to keep the dust off until next December.
My husband took the lights off the tree and coiled them into a plastic bin. We stuffed the tree into the box the it came in 24 years ago. We used tape to close it up for many years then switched to bungee cords in more recently. It’s a two-person job to close it up and carry it downstairs to the closet in the basement.
Now we are gathering up the smaller decorations and taking them downstairs an armload at a time to go into storage bins until next year: cards and door scrunchies and curly ribbons.
