{"id":2091,"date":"2014-01-03T09:25:42","date_gmt":"2014-01-03T14:25:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/runningahousehold.com\/?p=2091"},"modified":"2014-01-03T05:16:57","modified_gmt":"2014-01-03T10:16:57","slug":"after-christmas-checklist-for-january","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runningahousehold.com\/?p=2091","title":{"rendered":"Wrapping Up Christmas: January Checklist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Are you ready to put away your Christmas decorations?\u00a0 We have plenty of tips for you, along with\u00a0a few other after-Christmas tasks to take care of in January.\u00a0 We&#8217;ve created a simple, printable checklist for you to follow.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/runningahousehold.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Christmas-Checklists-January.pdf\">Christmas Checklists &#8211; January<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Scheduling a Date<\/h3>\n<p>First things first.\u00a0 Set a deadline of when you would like all of your Christmas decorations put away.\u00a0 In most homes, it took days or even weeks to decorate.\u00a0 So, you&#8217;ll want to take your time, and pack everything away safely and neatly organized.\u00a0 We like to have our decorations put away by January 15th.<\/p>\n<p>Next, schedule a date to take down your Christmas tree.\u00a0 We try to keep our tree up until\u00a0Three Kings Day, also called the Epiphany.\u00a0 It is the day that the Three Kings visited baby Jesus to give him gifts.\u00a0 Therefore, we think it&#8217;s important to leave our Christmas tree decorated until the Epiphany.\u00a0 However, some towns have a tree collection schedule.\u00a0 It is often the week after New Year&#8217;s Day, so be sure to check your town&#8217;s recycling schedule.\u00a0 If our tree is collected early, at the very least, our Christmas Manger set will remain on display through the Epiphany.<\/p>\n<h3>Putting Away the Decorations<\/h3>\n<p>Put something away everyday.\u00a0 It makes it easier to pick from the list, and put it away in the correct storage container, properly labeled.\u00a0 Here are a few things we work on:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ceramic tree<\/li>\n<li>Christmas Card tree<\/li>\n<li>Mantel Decorations<\/li>\n<li>Manger<\/li>\n<li>Outdoor lights and decorations<\/li>\n<li>Outdoor window wreaths<\/li>\n<li>Small Christmas tree in dining room<\/li>\n<li>Christmas village<\/li>\n<li>Window clings<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We will also replace some of the Santa and nutcracker decorations with snowmen.\u00a0 You can also start to decorate with Valentine&#8217;s Day items.<\/p>\n<p>Group like items together, and store them in a large box or bin.\u00a0 We use the large red and green plastic storage bins, and they are stored all together under the basement stairs.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s important to label each bin.\u00a0 You can do this with a fancy label maker.\u00a0 We opted to take a simple piece of square white note paper.\u00a0 Each bin has a title, along with 3-4 main items listed in the bin.\u00a0 Here are a few examples:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tree Ornaments: Angel, balls, lights<\/li>\n<li>Mantel: Bears, Stockings, Stocking holders, green garland<\/li>\n<li>Victorian Tree Ornaments: Gold beads, pink ornaments, maroon balls<\/li>\n<li>Living room: Manger, Music Christmas Tree, Nutcrackers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Our Christmas tree ornaments are wrapped in white tissue paper, and placed in deep gift boxes.\u00a0 We also have one large plastic ornament holder which stores 12-15 fragile round balls.<\/p>\n<p>We wrap each strand of lights around the cardboard leftover from a roll paper towel.\u00a0 Then, we put each strand of lights in a plastic bag from Walmart or Target.\u00a0 It&#8217;s not a pretty system, but it is so easy and inexpensive.\u00a0 More importantly, everything is organized, and easy to\u00a0unpack\u00a0each\u00a0season.<\/p>\n<h3>Outdoor Decorations<\/h3>\n<p>We keep our outdoor decorations up until at least January 1st.\u00a0 Of course, this depends on the weather.\u00a0 If there is too much snow, the lights may need to stay out longer.\u00a0 If there is a snow storm on the way, we will put away the outdoor decorations sooner.<\/p>\n<p>We store all of our outdoor Christmas decorations on a shelf in the garage.\u00a0 It frees up space inside, and it&#8217;s easier to access when we need to take them out.\u00a0 Plus, we don&#8217;t need to carry items up and down the basement stairs.<\/p>\n<p>We have a bin for our outdoor lights.\u00a0 Each strand is rolled up and placed in a plastic bag.\u00a0 The small fake tree goes back into the box we bought it in.<\/p>\n<p>There is also a bin for our large inflatables. (Yes, we have a few of these in our yard.)\u00a0 Our large inflatables are placed in a new large white kitchen trash bag, and then in the bin.<\/p>\n<p>Once everything is packed up, it&#8217;s just a matter of putting it on the shelf in front of the car.<\/p>\n<h3>Additional After-Christmas Tasks<\/h3>\n<p>There are a few additional tasks you&#8217;ll want to handle in January:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Update Address Tracker with cards received and new addresses<\/li>\n<li>Upload holiday pictures and movies to computer<\/li>\n<li>Return or exchange holiday gifts<\/li>\n<li>Print mailing labels for on-line gift returns<\/li>\n<li>Attend or host parties canceled due to snow<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here are a few more articles you\u00a0may want to read:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/runningahousehold.com\/?p=1988\" target=\"_blank\">Cleaning up after Christmas<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/runningahousehold.com\/?p=2000\" target=\"_blank\">Christmas Assessment<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/runningahousehold.com\/?p=2037\" target=\"_blank\">How to remove tree sap from your hands<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/runningahousehold.com\/?p=450\" target=\"_blank\">Organize Your Gift Cards<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/runningahousehold.com\/?p=1283\" target=\"_blank\">Simple ways to organize gift wrap paper and bows<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you ready to put away your Christmas decorations?\u00a0 We have plenty of tips for you, along with\u00a0a few other after-Christmas tasks to take care of in January.\u00a0 We&#8217;ve created a simple, printable checklist for you to follow. 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