The Post-Christmas Cleanup

I love to pull out all the Christmas decorations the day after Thanksgiving. I love to look over the various things that we have collected throughout the years and then decide on the best place for them to go. I love it when people come over and comment on all the cute Christmas stuff that I have.

I do not like it when I have to start putting the Christmas decorations away. It is so difficult to get everything to fit back into the tubs that they are stored in - especially since the collection of Christmas decorations continues to increase each year. Good thing that we tried to limit the purchase of much Christmas paraphernalia to add to the collection this year.

While I get the decorations out, I am always so excited to see something I forgot that we had. When I am putting them away there is inevitably something that was also forgotten - but this time it is something that needs to somehow fit in with everything else to go into hibernation until next year's holiday season.

Maybe I should start thinking instead about how excited I will be get all the stuff out next year instead of what a pain it is to put it away this year, right?