Get Rid Of Christmas Clutter & Excess Holiday Storage Hall Of Fame
Below is a list of holiday and Christmas clutter items to consider getting rid of. In addition, there's a hall of fame where you can share your own success or get inspired by what others have accomplished.
Holiday decorations are the quintessential type of item that you should keep in storage in your home for most of the year, and then you bring them out faithfully during their appointed season.
What ends up happening though is that we forget about some decorations and other festive items because we have no idea where we put them, or they're not something we actually like anymore and don't want to put up.
That's how we end up with holiday clutter.
There are several challenges within the 52 Week Organized Home Challenge that deal with the holidays in our homes that I encourage you to read:
I've also created quite a few decluttering missions that accompany these challenges, to help you get this area of your home more manageable.
Whether you've done these missions when I've scheduled them during the year, or any other time doesn't really matter to me. I just want to celebrate your success, so here's your chance to show off some before and after pictures when you've done one of the missions. If you're ready to share now click here to begin!
Get This Holiday Decluttering Checklist + 32 Other Decluttering Checklists For Your Home
Right now you're decluttering holiday items and decorations, and there's a lot of these types of items around your home.
I've done the hard work of breaking down these tasks into smaller more manageable steps for you, so you don't get overwhelmed or worry you're forgetting a task, and you can go at the pace you want, whether that's fast or slow.
In addition, you can tackle these decluttering tasks in whatever order you want when you use these checklists!
Decluttering Missions Related To Holidays
Items you may want to declutter include the following:
- Spring and Easter decorations
- Independence Day and other summer decorations
- Halloween costumes
- Halloween decorations
- Halloween candy (about a week after the holiday is over)
- Thanksgiving and fall decorations
- Christmas ornaments
- Christmas lights
- Wreaths and garland
- Outdoor Christmas decorations
- Miscellaneous indoor Christmas decorations
- Artificial Christmas tree
- Fill out Christmas storage inventory
- Clean up Christmas day mess
- Christmas cards
- Birthday and other types of cards (find out where to donate used cards here)
- Valentine's Day decorations and cards
- Create space for storing cards to send out over course of year
- Put away gifts for friends and family
- Wrapping supplies, including paper, bows, ribbon, etc.
- Create space for a wrapping station
- Gift bags and boxes
- Stationary and thank you notes
- Party supplies
Holiday Clutter Hall Of Fame
Here are the hall of fame submissions provided so far.
You can skip down here to share your own right now.
 Holiday Decoration Storage Ideas |
 Gift Wrap Organization |
 Declutter Gift Bags |
 Organize Gift Bags |
 Declutter Party Supplies |
 Valentine's Day Stuff |
 Declutter Spring Decorations |
 Declutter Summer Decorations |
 Declutter Halloween Candy |
 Declutter Fall Decorations |
 Declutter Christmas Day Mess |
 Put Away Christmas Presents |
 What To Do With Used Christmas Cards |
More Resources To Declutter Your Entire Home
Clutter rarely just accumulates in one area of your home, but instead with time can overfill your entire home.
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Have You Gotten Rid Of Your Holiday & Christmas Clutter?
Have you participated in one of the Declutter Your Home In 15 Minutes A Day Missions, either while it was running for the day or when it was convenient for you?
Are you proud of your accomplishments and want to show the world what you decluttered today, and are getting out of your home?
Here's your chance to tell me about it. Pictures are highly encouraged, but you can also just write a description of what you decluttered too (note you've got to at least explain what we're seeing in the picture you upload).
You can send up to four pictures in each submission.
Get Rid Of Holiday Clutter Hall Of Fame
Here are the Hall of Fame submissions that have already been submitted.
Check these out to get inspired about what others have accomplished with the power of 15 minutes a day.
Declutter Your Christmas Mess Of Ripped Wrapping Paper
Today's decluttering mission, for Christmas Day, is to get rid of your Christmas mess of ripped wrapping paper after you and your family have opened …
How To Declutter Gift Bags
Today's mission is to declutter gift bags, including those for holidays such as Christmas, as well as seasonal and celebration themed bags, like …
How To Declutter Summer Decorations
Today's mission is to declutter summer decorations in and around your home, now that summer is just about over and autumn is coming quickly.
…
How To Declutter Spring Decorations
Today's mission is to declutter spring decorations, of whatever variety you have, from Easter or spring wreaths, table decorations, door decor, centerpieces, …
How To Declutter Valentine's Day Stuff
Today's mission is to declutter Valentine's Day stuff. This is the perfect time to do this, since it has been around a week since this holiday.
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Halloween Candy Buy Back & Other Ways To Use & Get Rid Of Leftover Candy
Today's declutter mission is to declutter excess Halloween candy you've got in your house, either that you bought too much of and didn't get to pass …
Ideas To Store & Organize Gift Bags
Below I've gathered ideas for how to store and organize gift bags in your home. If you're like me you get a lot of presents presented in gift bags, …
What To Do With Used Christmas Cards: Declutter, Upcycle Or Donate?
One of the daily decluttering missions here on the site is to declutter used Christmas cards sometime after the holiday each year, typically in early …
Holiday Decoration Storage Ideas: Hall Of Fame
Below I've collected ideas for holiday decoration storage from readers who've sent in photos of what they do.
The most prevalent type of decorations …
Top photo courtesy of a reader, Patricia
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