I don’t think we have ever taken down our Christmas decorations so early. I am sure we have waited till at least the second week of January. But this year the changing of the guard came much earlier – December 28th.
I know. That is really early! :( I love how our house looked with all the holiday decorations. Jay always does such a nice job. The kids and I help with the ornaments on the trees, but then Jay does the rest of the house, transforming it from its everyday wares to a holiday wonderland.
I have to say, this year when we removed the ornaments from the trees, there was a new method to the storing of them. Thanks to a friend and her share on her blog, she inspired me to make tree decorating easier.
In the years past, we have had an angel tree, a Disney tree, a Hallmark tree, and a team sport tree. Well, this year we had the Disney tree, an angel tree, and a miscellaneous/catch all tree. This year the Hallmark ornaments weren’t on display. The kids receive ornaments each year from us and their grandparents, and usually we mark the boxes and then put them all together.
Well, thanks to a friend’s share, I got each of them their own container. As we removed the ornaments from the trees, they were placed in each individual’s container along with their stocking & Christmas doggie.
Kassi – Zack – Kenzie . . .
they each have a nice collection of ornaments. So, when they move out, they will get to take with them their ornaments. But until then, the can decide which ornaments they would like to display on the “Family Tree” each year.
All the boxes and containers are marked and stored nicely away for next Christmas.
In the meantime, we – I mean Jay - transformed the house to a winter wonderland.
Jay did another nice job! But we need way more snowman stuff.
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