We recently asked GON Readers, 'What holidays do you decorate for?' Here are the results...

30% Christmas

16% Halloween

16% Thanksgiving

13% Easter

9% All holidays

7% 4th of July

6% Valentine's Day

3% I don't decorate for any holiday

It probably doesn't surprise you to see that a huge percent of holiday decorating takes place between Halloween and Christmas.

There are two closets in my basement where we store all of our holiday decor. I go a little nuts for Christmas, so those decorations are taking up seven storage tubs, stacked one on top of the other. I have each of them labeled on the side of the box so I can see all the labels when I open the closet:

Christmas-Fireplace Mantel
Christmas-Ornaments
Christmas-Tree Lights
Christmas-Village, etc.

In doing so, when the season rolls around, we can decorate a little bit at a time, without having to rummage through bunches of containers to find what we need.

I then have one storage tub per other holiday...one for Halloween, one for Easter, and so on. I stack them in the order of the calendar year, so the container I need is always easily accessible.

Summer is actually a very good time of the year to get your holiday decor organized. Because we're not in a major holiday season at the moment, if you do it now, you'll have plenty of time to inventory what you have...and determine what you no longer need. Donate what you can to your favorite local charity this week, so those looking for holiday decor will find it when they are shopping in thrift stores and such for fall/winter holidays.

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GON Organizing Infographic: How to stop negative thoughts from getting you down. Definitely worth a gander!
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GON My Life: Leaving the digital world behind...I do this now and then. Do you?
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GON Mini Organizing Challenges: There are 5 weeks in August. This month's challenge theme is CLEAN. Here are your mini weekly challenges...
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* Optimism: That's the theme of the two quotes on my home page this week. Check them out and be inspired

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