Merry Christmas!

Wishing you all a wonderful Christmas day however you decide to spend it.

As Scarlett O’Hara said in Gone with the Wind, “After all, tomorrow is another day.” In that spirit, I am gifting you the day off from organizing, unless you truly want to do so!

Once all the company has gone and the last of the fruitcake is devoured, however, we need to return to the task. To that end, one organizing job that I undertake after all the Christmas presents are open is to gather all the bows, ribbons, gift tags, tissue paper, and wrapping paper (Side note: my mother has always had us carefully open the wrapping paper so that we can save the good pieces to reuse the next year. What can I say? She is a child of the Great Depression, and it makes her happy to not waste. She cannot be the only one, right?). I then take tape off all the items and if salvageable, start making piles to put away to use next year. It’s become a kind of tradition for us to go through this.

After that is all done, I quickly vacuum the area to get up any glitter and junk so that we have a clean slate for the rest of the day.

Do you have any similar Christmas traditions that you would consider organizing tasks?

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