And Next....

[Chupaca]

Xmas-gifts-opened.jpg You have a week to clean up this mess before the New Year crowd...

[Bob Denman]

The Missus got our place back to "normal" this morning!

[4 MARIE]

I know you have done it before, and you probably will again. You love and care for your family and friends,
so Happy Holidays and New Year to you all, and thanks for all the helpful intel over the years.

[ARtraveler]

We are also "normalized." It did help to have a smaller crowd this year though.

[garb55]

I went to my sons house so guess who has the mess

[2Paw]

I always have Christmas at one of my kid's houses. So except for my tree they are the ones with the mess to clean up.
My tree is easy to do, take the ornaments off and put them in a box, then the tree is prelit so you take it apart and put it in another box. The 2 boxes then get shoved in a closet until next year. Easy Peasy.

[Bob Denman]

I went to my sons house so guess who has the mess

But doesn't that mean that they also have the leftovers??

[2Paw]

But doesn't that mean that they also have the leftovers??

Yes, but with my crew there is never much left over. I did take home 3/4 of a pumpkin pie, so I got some of the important leftovers.

[Bob Denman]

GREAT job!

[garb55]

But doesn't that mean that they also have the leftovers??

Nope
They want to make sure poor old dad eats well
So they make me take all the leftovers home
Tough job
But somebody's got to do it

[Bob Denman]

I LOVE your kids; can I borrow them next Thanksgiving?

[PrairieSpyder]

Xmas-gifts-opened.jpg You have a week to clean up this mess before the New Year crowd...

Now we mostly do gift cards and cash. But when my older niece and nephew were little we'd have paper and cardboard knee-deep in the living-room. Some went into the fireplace and some got carried outside. One year a small piece of a toy accidentally got trashed and everyone was more careful after that.