I always find it so sad that the Christmas decorations have to come down. If I had my way, I’d keep an artificial Christmas tree up all year just so I could sit and look at the lights at night. But, my husband doesn’t share my enthusiasm for Christmas decor, so the week after New Year’s, everything comes down.

We have storage shelves in our basement, and there’s one section just for the Christmas stuff. We store everything in large Rubbermaid totes-two for the Christmas ornaments and small figurines, one for my large Snowman figures, one for all the indoor and outdoor lights. Our two artificial wreaths get put in a heavy duty trash bag and stored in the corner next to the shelf.  It’s really not that hard to do since we have purposely kept our decorations to a manageable size. Believe me, I’d be Danny DeVito’s character in “Deck The Halls” if I could get away with it, but Chris prefers understatement, and it does make set up and take down easier.

For this week’s Blog Blast, Parent Bloggers Network wants to know how you clean up after the holidays, or if you just leave everything up all year round! Write a post on your blog, linking back to 1) http://rightathome.com and
2) http://blog.parentbloggers.com.

Make sure to send your blog post link to parentbloggers@gmail.com and they’ll round them up on our blog – so give your post a creative title!

What can you win?

A $250 VISA gift card!! (maid service for post-holiday cleaning, perhaps)! One winner will be chosen at random.

For some great tips on organizing your home,  check out the new website from SC Johnson, maker of products like Ziploc, Pledge, and Glade. The site is called Right@Home,  and it organizes all kinds of helpful articles into four categories-Cleaning & Organizing, Food & Cooking, Designing for your Home, and You & Your Family.  There are some really yummy looking recipes, and check out the “Where’s your stuff?” bag, an easy craft to turn a hanging sweater bag into a way to organize all your kids’ stuff! You’re sure to pick up a tip or two.