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Easy Organizing - Holiday Ideas

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Organizing Storage Bins

My holiday bins are color coded, making it easier to find what I need. Christmas = red, Halloween = orange, Easter = purple, Valentine's/anniversary type stuff = pink, etc. Most holidays only have one bin, except Christmas, and I usually take all my Christmas decorations out at once to set up, so it isn't really necessary to know exactly what is in each bin. This way I don't ruin the bins by trying to write on them or tape on labels that fall off.

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Holiday Organizing

When storing your holiday decor, tape a ribbon or paper that represents that holiday around the box or bin for an easy visual clue as to what is in it.

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Christmas Shopping All Year

During the year, I shop the clearance sales for next year's gifts. I put a large plasic container for each child in my basement, and when I find something for one or all of them, I put the gift in their container! When Christmas comes, my children get all their gifts in their container and the container itself for staying organized! They all love it!

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Easy Organizing - Holiday Ideas

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Untangled Lights and Garland

When putting away your strings of mini-lights and/or strands of garland, coil them carefully. Then take large twist ties and twist them around the coils. Mark the end to start with next year using a bright colored piece of leftover gift ribbon.

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Organized Santa

I wrap my gifts ahead of time and put each into a gigantic plastic bag separated by name. The gifts stay clean and it's easy to make neat piles of presents under the tree.

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Holiday Lights

During the year, save the cardboard tubes from your Scott paper towels. They are excellent for winding light strands around when you are taking down your holiday decorations.

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Easy Organizing - Holiday Ideas

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Mystery Presents

For the family members still living at home, I wrap presents and put numbers on them instead of names. That way I can put the presents under the Christmas tree and only have to hide the master list instead of hiding all the presents until Christmas.

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Christmas Card List Reminder

Write down who sent you Christmas cards and who you sent them to. When you pack everything away after the holidays, place the list in the box.

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