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organizing those tangled lights

Cut a piece of cardboard into the shape of a capital " i ", then wrap the lights on the inside! Saves you a headache for next year by keeping them untangled, and if you use cardboard from opened presents, you are also recycling!

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Cookie Tin Ornament Keeper

An empty Christmas cookie tin makes a great storage place for delicate or special "homemade" ornaments from your children or grandchildren! Wrap delicates with SCOTT® Towels and place in appropriate size tin. Place special "homemades" between towels for extra protection and place in tin. Tins are usually received as gifts so no expense there and being tin, they are extra sturdy. Place a label on top and you know exactly what's in it next year. It's worked great for me for years!

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FREE Cupcake Box!

Egg cartons make great mini-cupcake/muffin boxes to transport them to an event! Plus, if you use the cardboard kind, your kids can decorate the outside of the box!

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Santa's Secrets

I always put a green garbage bag in my coat pocket at this time of year. Then, when I buy something for the kids, I put the presents in the green bag. It's easier to get them into the house without the kids peeking at all those see-through bags.

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Holiday Decorating

Every year I would gather up all of the boxes filled with holiday decorations and walk around the house wondering where to place things. I finally got organized and have taken photos of each room and taped the photographs to the inside lids of all the boxes. Now all I have to do is go room to room, look and the photos for placement, and decorating only takes minutes.

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Mailing List

I save all the return address labels from my holiday cards, and tape them into an address book (or you could use a notebook). When I need to send a holiday card or birthday day cards during the year, I have everything, including the zip code +4. It is very handy to have this nearby.

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No Brainer Bin Use

We have color coded plastic bins that hold our holiday/seasonal decorations. While clearing the shelves/walls of daily decor (to be temporarily replaced by the holiday decorations), I place them into the bin I'm unloading and wrap them with SCOTT Towels. This not only saves space, time and trying to remember where I put a certain item later on, though the paper towels are right there to use for cleaning post-holiday windows and wiping down/dusting the holiday decorations to be packed.

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Christmas & Patio Lights

I use the empty rolls to keep my patio lights organized. I cut a notch in the end and tuck the plug inside the roll. I wind the lights around and secure the end of the lights in a notch at the other end. Works great to keep all the lights from turning into a mess of knots and tangles.

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