AFTER CHRISTMAS STORAGE AND ORGANIZATION | CHRISTMAS STORAGE HACKS 

I would love to hear when you take down your Christmas decor? EDIT* Keep in mind we are not judging others or acting offended by others choices of when they take down their decor* Also, leave suggestions for others if you have any great storage ideas!

I don’t touch the Christmas decor until after “the epiphany” on January 6th! Took so long to put out I just love enjoying after all the celebrations! 🎄🎅🏼

I don't do the 3 yr rule because I change up Decore every year! I use large plastic trash cans for my garlands. I circle it around in the bottom and stack my wreaths on top! The lids are rounded up, not flat, so I can stack in several wreaths on top. Keeps it all tidy and safe!

For those who don’t decorate because of the hassle, here’s an idea from Mary Lutkenhaus: Clear out home decor to make space and “negative” space, and create one showstopper display per room. Period. Personally, I like to have seasonal décor throughout a room and throughout my home to draw the eye to different areas and provide a cohesive look, but others may prefer simplified decoration. However, I feel that being decoration-free is a missed opportunity for a little more joy. In this day and age, we can all use a little more joy. :-)

Brilliant tips! My husband jokes about the three months of Christmas: I start with Advent and everything is down by Michaelmas Day, February 2nd.

All of my skinny trees I wrap in syran tightly. It holds all of the ornaments and lights in place for next year. Then they get put in storage fully decorated. The rest go in clear bins for each section of the house.

I’m an 81 yo lady! My three children have families that keep on going! Ex, and ex-exs, so I’m shuffled to whenever time to visit! I’m not complaining , just explaining my CHRISTmas decoration! I went through all my decorations and throwed out any decorations that held NO memories whatsoever! I have an 8 year old counter size tree with LED lights and runs on batteries!! I decorated it once and for all! When its time to remove, I put a king size pillow case over it and carry it to my large closet, put it on the top shelf! Next year I go get it off the shelf , uncover it and place it back on the table in the living room! I have a small Nativity set my Mother gave me before she passed and that’s brought out every year! When I pass away I won’t care what happens because these are all my memories❣️

I used to get the blues so bad it would lead to SAD/ depression. I figured out if I left my decorations up until I was sick of looking at them and wanted my space back, I had much less depression /SAD symptoms after I took them down. I've been doing this for the last several years and it really helps. Yes, they are up until the 3rd week of January but my son's Birthday is Jan 27th so it gives me a week to get them down and his birthday planned and ready to go. Works like a charm.

I leave my Christmas decorations up until I really feel like taking them down, and then just a few at a time. It never made sense to me to take away the beautiful, soft lighting at the darkest time of the year. My husband and I are retired (and living in Italy) and we just love sitting and enjoying the beauty of Christmas for as long as we can.

Hate to say this, but I have not taken down my tree or decorations down since 2019. It's been tough times, and it makes me happy. When feeling down I turn on the lights and instant happy place!

I only decorate with one bin of cherished items so it takes me less than 15 minutes to put it away. Also, I make the house winter cozy with blankets and winter pillow covers. Winter magazines and books on the coffee table, and mugs only used in winter but not necessarily Christmas, etc. I get all the winter feelings without the clutter.

We keep the Nativity and Christmas tree up until after January 6 in honor of the Epiphany, we are a Cuban/Mexican family. I utilize a bin system…tried and true for MANY years and I loved your idea for wrapping paper! Thank you Leslie! ❤️❤️❤️

I started taking my decorations down on Christmas Eve night, lol. I’ve had them up for five weeks and couldn’t take it anymore. I didn’t have any more guests coming over so I just went for it. I’m still not done! Every year I tell myself to keep it simple, hasn’t happened yet,😂😂😂

Most of my decorations are wintery rather than Christmas, so I keep them up and enjoy my winter wonderland through January! I read a tip years ago to just put away the items with red, and you can stretch the other winter decor items. Love your decorating and organization tips!!!! Have a blessed New Year!!!

It takes me 3 to 4 days to setup, light and decorate main tree alone - I'm enjoying my winter wonderland until at least mid January 💕 Haters can hate 😁 Loved the tips you shared here - I'm definitely stealing the garment bag idea! I did purchase and put up 2 sets of "light curtains" this year, and I'm dreading how I'm going to store those without a tangled mess 🤦🏼‍♂️

Before I retired I would take all my Christmas decor down right after Christmas because that's the only time I had before I went back to work. I continued that for a few years just because it was my habit. This year I'm loving all the decor so much and I realized there's no Christmas decor police that are going to come tell me I have my decorations up too long. LOL so I think I'm leaving up a lot of it till mid-January or whenever the mood strikes me. As another commenter said it's always sad when all the twinkling beautiful stuff comes down. And January is sort of dreary. So I'm giving myself permission to enjoy twinkly lights as long as I wish. Thank you so much for your cheerful channel.

I'm from Germany, in our family we take our tree/decorations down Saturday after 3 Kings' Day (Jan 6). This gives everyone plenty of time to enjoy it. Our bins are labeled: Angels, Gingerbread, Santas, Greenery, Lights, Balls + Ornaments + Ribbons, Nutcrackers, Linens. Needless to say there are multiples of each category. Your 3 year rule would not work for us since we change up our decorations each year and sometimes there are 5 or more years between re-using an item pending who comes to visit or where we are living. BTW Germans do NOT know about that stupid pickle (LOL).

Thank you for putting up your Christmas organizing tips early so we can be ready for when want to I decorate our homes! Also another tip would be to take out the batteries out and store them separate incase the bust or leak. That way they ruin your twinkle lights or other battery operated items.

My mother said Christmas had to be down prior to the New Year. "Can't bring the old year into the new". I'm now 81 and my decorations are less but when I undecorate a tree, I put ornaments in plastic bags. Birds in one, animals, fruit, wood, and glass ornaments in others. Nature theme/partridge! Then I grab each bag and start with the birds and space them around the tree. Same with others. Tree is evenly decorated. Of course put them away the same method. Storage is hard. No garage or attic so they are in plastic bins (not clear) in separate closets. Enjoy your channels. A newbie.

I love that idea to store the wrapping paper!

Lots of good ideas. Love using the garment bags, awesome!

Love the wrapping paper storage!

Love that 3 year rule. I have a whole bin of stuff that I have a hard time parting with but really I haven't used it in over 3 years. Guess it's time for it to go! Great video. Very inspirational!

Great video! Thank you for all the tips! I use a combination of type and location and have been using plastic totes for years too,and love your 'three year rule'. I declutter some decor as I was setting up and I am sure I will do more as I take down. My decor comes down right after the new year. Looking forward to your videos in 2022!

Love the wrapping paper storage tip! Thanks 😃

Love the wrapping paper storage idea! I take my decorations down the first week in January. Thanks for sharing!

Great tips! Ty!

Great ideas! Love the garment bag.

Love how you store the lights

I love your attic storage! I’d like to do that in my attic! My garage too!!

I leave mine up for a little while until I just feel like it’s time. Then it all comes down into mostly clear tubs! I love your idea with wrapping paper. I’m blessed with a large attic also. Our two previous homes had a storage building and I would have to cart it out onto a wagon but it worked!

We leave decorations up until about Valentines Day bc winter is dark and dreary and it's so relaxing. I put away santas and reindeer, but not the nativity, snowmen, angels, etc. Then we switch the plugged in tree lights from colored to white (both stay on the tree) and add hearts. flowers, birds. A friend throws a plastic bag over the tree to put in storage, and doesn't bother to remove the decor except for special or fragile items. I can't relate to most people's holiday traditions anymore. Easy way with garlands is pegboard and hooks, I love it. Silk flowers are stored upright in a shelf much like a wine rack- very easy to see and access to use more often. Thanks for all the tips!

Love the 3 year rule! Thank you

Love your tips!

Love the idea of the smaller tote bins! Going to use for my kids Christmas books!

Great tips. Thank you. I did start mine today. I thought I was going to keep it up longer, but the warm weather her in NC just inspired me to get started. Still have the trees to do. You are the best. Looking forward to 2022 decorating with you.

Love the toilet paper roll idea and garment bag idea! Thanks!! 😊

Thanks for the garnet bag tip for wrapping paper, I never thought of it!!!

These are really good tips! Thank you

Thank you! Such great tips! 😊

Perfect timing Leslie!! Lots of great ideas- thank you! I'm either in the 'take it down the day after our celebration' or wait until Jan 2nd. Depends on mood, year and if we're having any other get togethers after the holidays with extended family and friends.

Thank you much for the ideas…like pic taking!

Great tips! I really enjoyed this.

Thanks for the tips! Love the tip of putting wrapping paper in garment bags.🙌🏻

Great tips. I usually start the process on the 26th. I go from room to room. Love your storage idea in your attic. Thanks for sharing.

Leslie, thanks for the geat storage ideas, very, very helpful. I leave my decorations up until after the first of the year. Have a happy New Year. Look forward to all your wonderful videos. Love you.

Thanks for all the great tips! 👍

Some great ideas Lesley. I particularly struggle with roles of gift -wrapping paper. The plastic clothes bags are a fabulous idea! I’m off to buy some today. We take decorations down January 2nd.

I usually wait until New Year's Eve to take everything down but this year I feel like doing it right now! I love the idea of taking photos. Happy New Year, Leslie and Jason! xo

I take mine Christmas decorations down on New Years Day or the day after each year. I feel like it's still Christmas until then anyhow and I enjoy seeing the lit tree and the pretty nativity sets. Great tips, thanks for sharing!

You had some great tips. Thanks.

I usually leave red throws and pillows out until Valentine's Day...and some of my snowmen until February...just because we do have some snow January/February...I love your idea for the wrapping paper...Praying Jason and you have a wonderful New Year!... GOD Bless you both ...🙏🏼✝️🙏🏼

Great tips! I have already started taking down some of my decor. Mostly the red decorations. I keep my trees up until after New Year's. I bought an ornament storage box and I keep them all in there. Any overflow goes in clear Ziploc bags. I hang my wreaths up on the wall in my storage closet. I live in a small 2 bedroom apartment so space is very limited. It sometimes get out of control lol. But I'm planning on organizing each closet by season ( I have 2 closets for storage). I'm definitely going to use the paper towel roll for my lights! Thanks for sharing 🥰💖

I put my decorations up the 1st week in November, put me in the Christmas 🎄 spirit, come down and store in bins the day after.. tfs.. love the tips!! Blessings!

Thank you so much. Loved your ideas👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

I take my tree down after the new year. I might start taking some decor down before but we got a late start this year because we had covid for Thanksgiving. So I'm still enjoying my Christmas decor. Love your tips! I had put my everyday decor in my Christmas books this year and it worked out well. Merry Christmas and happy new year!

Fabulous suggestions!😊

Super helpful, thank you! 🙂

This was such a helpful video! I will definitely refer to this seasonally. You have provided great tips. I have been taking photos of my displays for a couple of years now. It truly helps! I decorated fairly late this year, so I will be leaving the decor out till Little Christmas.

Sooo many great ideas! I love the garment bag storage for wrapping paper- I'm going to get a bag from the DT.Typically I put all of my Christmas decor away on New Years weekend. Right at this moment I'm feeling like I want to leave it up for awhile. I might change the kitchen window decor to a winter look but that's about it. Happy New year!

We take everything down the day after Christmas. It’s kind of sad and the house looks so bare! But there are lots of decorating to look forward to in the coming year, so that makes me feel better🥰. Your tips were all great Leslie, especially the clear bins and the three year rule. Love your videos!👏👏👏😊💜

Some great hints; love the garment bag idea ! ..😀😀

I love the idea for storing the fairy lights! I wrap them up like you do, then put them in a zip lock bag with a note of the color of the lights. I have amber, white and red lights, so by knowing the color, I'm grabbing the right roll next year!

I take mine down the day after. I’m watching you from South Carolina. Hope to get some organized tips. Hope y’all had a Merry Christmas. Love your channel.❤️🎄🎁

Very informative thank you!!!

I was just asking my family for suggestions on storing large wrapping paper rolls since they don’t fit in the smaller bin I have and voila, you came through with an awesome tip!! Thank you! Going to see if I have one in the closet. Oh I usually take my tree and decor down a day or two after Boxing Day (26th).

Leslie, Wonderful Ideas to store Christmas Decor or family any decor. You are so talented! I hope you and Jason have a happy in between time together. And a Happy Healthy New Year! Sending hugs and kisses from Texas!😘🇨🇱

Oh gosh, it takes so long to get it all put up, I never take it down before the middle of January. By then I'm pretty much ready to open up the space in the house again. I always buy something new, like pillows for the sofa or some accessory to use after Christmas so I have something to look forward to. This year it's yummy animal fur throws and matching pillows. I'm in SC BTW. Love your channel and "Mr. Rogers."

I love the storage Christmas paper idea

Great idea for wrapping paper! I’m running out to get one tomorrow!

Yikes, its ALL still up!! Because I love it!!

I love your garment bag storage idea. Thank you for sharing. So handy.

The wrapping paper idea is so great!

OK, the hanging storage for the gift wrap - Brilliant!!! Thanks for all the great tips!

Oh my gosh! I love Christmas! I have 5 trees! I get so sad when it's time to take it down. I wait until around the 3rd of January and then gradually take the decor down by room. Brilliant ideas especially the toilet paper rolls for fairy lights! Absolutely on the see through totes. And....subscribed!

Wonderful vid! We're Epiphany people. January 7th it all comes down. Last year I reorganized everything into "likes" and it takes up less room when packed that way. Plus, it allows (forces!) me to be creative when I decorate. All picks in one bucket, all greenery in another, figurines and decor pieces in another, etc. I line up the bins in the dining room and this makes it really fast to pack stuff away. Happy and blessed New Year to you and your family!

great tips

I loved this video! So helpful!

The day after Christmas I start and usually finish putting away everything.

Thank you!!!!!!!!

Thank you for the great tips! I take my Christmas decorations on January 1st. ❤️

Great tips!

Very helpful tips! Thank you. Happy New Year to you and your beautiful family! 🙏❤️🙏

Love the wrapping paper storage idea. I’ve tried many but like this one the best

Great video and tips! I love the clear bins with locking handles, they work so well! We store most items in our attic, except our older glass ornaments. We live in Texas and it’s just too hot in the attic for fragile glass ornaments so I keep those in ornament storage bins in my craft/guest room closet. Normally we take everything down on New Year’s Day. This year is going to be a bit problematic as my husband seriously injured himself on the 23rd and he normally climbs the attic stairs to put the boxes away and takes down the outside decor. We don’t have easy access or normal stairs to the attic. I suspect I’ll take everything down and just leave the boxes down until he recovers or I can get some help.

I store a lot of things in my popcorn tins . I have a bunch . Also I love the clear storage bins too . Have a Safe and Well New Year!

Thanks for sharing, these are some great tips..

All great tips and ideas❤️

I store my Christmas in fabric bins that have zippers on the top and side for easy access. I also store everything in bubble wrap that I buy in bulk from Amazon. This has saved from breakage. I like the tip about the fairy lights on a toilet paper roll! Three years is also a good tip. I pass my stuff down to my daughter. If she doesn’t want it, she has a friend who has a vintage Etsy shop that I can donate to.

Your ideas are fantastic! I needed them. I dread the Christmas decorating storage. I am ready to store ( if I can help to get into attic) on New Year’s weekend.

Great ideas.💕🌸💕

Great ideas 💡

Excellent storage tips and a fun to watch video! I learned most of these tips over the years through trial and error. Wish this video had been around way back then! Great job! Thank you. 👌🥰

Love this! So timely! I have to have femur surgery this Thursday and want to get a lot of my decor down. ❤️

First week of January. I enjoy having them up for New Years Eve.

Exactly what i have been doing for years, storing by zone or area. Makes the next year a snap. Thanks for your video

Love your smartly designed attic storage. My holiday storage is the basement. My attic is too hard to access. For large wreaths, I buy an inexpensive shower curtain liner and wrap it around the wreath I store on a hanger. Love the tip about taking photos. That is also a good way to stop acquiring more decor because you can see every surface you have decorated and won’t be tempted to buy more.

Great tips!! I agree, TP rolls are great for light storage, I’ve been using that for years!! 👍

Yes I’ve always put away my Christmas decorations on the 26 and I organize by each room Happy New year 🥳

Also, your decor is beautiful!!