Christmas Decorations....finally all put back into the attic....but

northGAcock

.....I had discussed with wif we cut back on our decorating efforts that amounts to 27 storage tubs....in and out of the attic. This does not include Xmas tree and a few wreaths that are purchased annually. Well after a week of packing and finally getting the last of it stored.....we had to purchase these two very larg (red) containers to round out the process this year. 

I have two questions. (1) Did my discussion of cutting back lead directly to the opposite occurring? Am I the only one who speaks and it not only falls on deaf ears....but grew substantially. Do I need therapy? Gee....can't wait till next year.

theyolksonyou

Real time. Although, we were minimalists. Only the tree and stockings this year. 

I'm  leaving for Anaheim Tuesday. Told amybifnyiubeamt this out of the house, you better get hit down tomorrow. 

northGAcock

theyolksonyou said:

Real time. Although, we were minimalists. Only the tree and stockings this year. 

I'm  leaving for Anaheim Tuesday. Told amybifnyiubeamt this out of the house, you better get hit down tomorrow. 

Jason.....are you abbreviated?

YukonRon

northGAcock said:

.....I had discussed with wif we cut back on our decorating efforts that amounts to 27 storage tubs....in and out of the attic. This does not include Xmas tree and a few wreaths that are purchased annually. Well after a week of packing and finally getting the last of it stored.....we had to purchase these two very larg (red) containers to round out the process this year. 

I have two questions. (1) Did my discussion of cutting back lead directly to the opposite occurring? Am I the only one who speaks and it not only falls on deaf ears....but grew substantially. Do I need therapy? Gee....can't wait till next year.

I, too feel the wind from that storm. My Beautiful Wife has an expanding Christmas decor pile in our basement, of which, she uses just 6 box loads, every year, out of the 20+ boxes she keeps. She buys wrapping paper, lots of wrapping paper, and saves it, but never uses it again. I have approached the subject, and she reminds me of how many grills I have and all the accesories. Game over. She is way smarter than me.

theyolksonyou

IntoxicTed. Really shod prof read b4 I past

RRP

I feel your pain! I think back when I was a working stiff of how I spent every weekend starting the first of December hauling boxes of decorations up from our basement and putting them up risking life and limb on ladders. Also the inside of our home was decorated to the hilt including a 6 foot diameter flocked wreath that I had to place on our fireplace inside using a 24 foot extension ladder which was a bear to get inside the front door! Then come January I would reverse the process. As I got older I started cutting back and now a 2' wreath on the front door is the extent of the "outdoor decorations" and no huge inside fireplace wreath!

Also after last Christmas I practically broke my neck carrying our 3 piece 9 foot artificial tree up from the basement. So what I did last January was throw out that heavy, awkward third bottom section and this year only put up the top two sections giving us a nice manageable 6.5 foot tree. It saved me so much grief and my wife is so pleased as well!

JRWhitee

My wife's decorations continue to grow every year, I think the only chance I have of stopping this is to move to a house without a basement....

blind99

theyolksonyou said:

IntoxicTed. Really shod prof read b4 I past

No you shouldn't. Much better this way. 

Eggcelsior

Bought some storage racks at Costco today to get the basement organized. Thought the Christmas stuff would take up one shelf... OOPS.

Fred19Flintstone

We had mild weather here in the 40's on Dec 26th so all outdoor decor was removed &put away.  We were the first on our block to do so.  Sadly, we're still working on putting away the indoor decore.  Our tree is still up.

JustineCaseyFeldown

I am LITERALLY reframing the attic (ceiling joists) to accommodate the wife's Xmas decorations 



House is pushing 100yrs old. 2x6 celing joists at 24" o/c. 

Horsehair plaster ceilings can't handle fifty bins of stuff. 

Ozzie_Isaac

You guys are making me miss attics and basements.  All my stuff is in the garage.

northGAcock

JustineCaseyFeldown said:

I am LITERALLY reframing the attic (ceiling joists) to accommodate the wife's Xmas decorations 



House is pushing 100yrs old. 2x6 celing joists at 24" o/c. 

Horsehair plaster ceilings can't handle fifty bins of stuff. 

Dude.....I feel your pain. I like Christmas don't get me wrong, but as I get older....I need less work and more time to enjoy. They are killing us.

northGAcock

Ozzie_Isaac said:

You guys are making me miss attics and basements.  All my stuff is in the garage.

Oh I have a full garage too.....not Xmas stuff....maybe some grillin and tailgating stuff though

MrCookingNurse

Haha I actually am thankful the efforts my wife puts in to decorating the house for the different seasons. That doesn't mean I like going up and down out of the attic. Our last house had a walk in attic from the bonus room which was very handy. 

Now I've got the season organized so I can just pull her the boxes out. My mom never decorated like this. And all my wife requires of me is moving the boxes. I think it really makes the house feel like a home and am thankful she enjoys it. However, our collect does grow every year, especially now with a hobby lobby in our town. 

bgebrent

I can commiserate Robin.  And yes, you do need therapy

Wolfpack

Eggcelsior said:

Bought some storage racks at Costco today to get the basement organized. Thought the Christmas stuff would take up one shelf... OOPS.

I have those same shelves- they are awesome and will hold anything you can fit on them. Really sturdy. 

saluki2007

Or just be scourges and don't have any decorations.  All though that will be changing next year as our daughter will be old enough to enjoy them so I'm sure my wife will be buying all kinds of crap.

Lit

I put up 2 8'x4' over the garage door shelves for our decorations. So much easier than lugging them into the attic and each is 600lb rated. 

pgprescott

Good grief Robin. Clark W Griswold only used 20 bins to decorate on Christmas vacation!!!!! Good luck!

tarheelmatt

I had two Rubbermaid containers and two ornament containers and I thought I had it rough.  

Thankfully my wife doesn't go crazy with decorations.  She's simple and I like it.  

I'm going to go kiss her now right square on the lips and a pat on tukhus.  

northGAcock

pgprescott said:

Good grief Robin. Clark W Griswold only used 20 bins to decorate on Christmas vacation!!!!! Good luck!

The sad part....We have very little lights relatively speaking. Oh the misery.

fishlessman

i just decorate with these and leave them up all year

pgprescott

fishlessman said:

i just decorate with these and leave them up all year

The Juniper is very apropos for the holiday. 

abpgwolf

I don't like hauling all the bins from the basement. But, my wife makes the house look beautiful every Christmas. And, it makes her happy. 

Botch

I have a small ceramic toboggan, with four bears on it wearing Santa hats, that I take out of a small box in my hallway closet and set on my hall table, takes 35 seconds.  That's it.
 
This year, I forgot to put it out, so I didn't have to put it away.
 
Bachelorhood, baby!  

blasting

Botch said:

 
Bachelorhood, baby!  

It does have it's perks for sure

HofstraJet

abpgwolf said:

I don't like hauling all the bins from the basement. But, my wife makes the house look beautiful every Christmas. And, it makes her happy. 

+1

My office, however, has had my Charlie Brown Christmas tree and Jets stocking up for three years straight - no sense in breaking with tradition and taking them down now! LOL

yljkt

Wife and I put up a tree this year, and didn't decorate it at all. Couldn't be bothered. It was quite freeing.  

BBQBuddy

And my husband gripes when I ask him to get 1 or 2 bins down for me!  LOL  And he's never put lights outside either...
You have a lucky wife!

DaveRichardson

My / our bins are sitting here by my desk waiting to go back into the attic.  I need a basement!

I used to go all out and line the gutters with lights, a clip on each light so there was no sagging....  until we had a patient who did the same thing come in now wheelchair bound from a spinal fracture from a fall.  Yes, I still do stoopid things on ladders like pulling out the dining room table, placing the chairs on the table, then the A-frame ladder on the chairs so I could replace a ceiling fan.....  I think I'll pay someone next time!

Good thing is, I always make sure that someone I like is on-call at the local ER when I do stoopid things like that!!!