Many of us find clearing away the remnants of Christmas a sad chore with all the festivities over and a long, cold month ahead, so having a quick and simple clearing up plan can help prevent this miserable chore from becoming unnecessarily arduous and drawn out.
The Tree
The tree is the best place to start your clear down as this always takes quite a bit of time. Remove all the decorations and lay them on the carpet whilst you tackle the lights. Gather up several empty boxes and some old sheets of wrapping paper and pack each box with the baubles and decorations placing the paper between each layer to protect them. Coil the lights and place them in a separate box and label all boxes accordingly. If the tree is artificial then dismantle and pack back into its box and if it’s real take it out into the back garden wrapped in black bags to prevent too many needles from dropping.
Paper Decorations And Cards
All unwanted paper decorations and Christmas cards can be recycled or the cards can be put aside to be made into tags for next year.
Greenery, Swags And Wreaths
Rather than binning all that decorative greenery it makes far more sense to compost it. The items can either be added to your garden compost heap or put in your brown bin or if you have a real fire then, once the greenery is dried out, it can be burnt to give off a lovely pungent scent.
Wipe Down And Vacuum
Once your home has be de-christmassed take a damp cloth and wipe over the areas where the greenery lay as cut fir and spruce will often seep sap then dust through to remove Christmas crumbs and stray needles before thoroughly vacuuming. Remember to vacuum underneath all the furniture as no doubt there will be the odd Quality Street wrapper or cracker joke lurking.
Have a Wonderful New Year from everyone at Maid of London