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

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 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.

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!

theyolksonyou said:

IntoxicTed. Really shod prof read b4 I past

No you shouldn't. Much better this way. 

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.

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

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

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.

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

fishlessman said:

i just decorate with these and leave them up all year

The Juniper is very apropos for the holiday. 

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!  

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

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!