Tis the season to be de-cluttering. Thought you all thought I was going to say Jolly. :-)
Well I do wish for the Jolly but I want to stress the de-cluttering.
This time of the year we give gifts and we receive gifts. Some of the gifts we really like and others well we could really do without.
Now before grabbing all those gifts and shoving them in the closet take a hard look at what you already have. 
What you all ready have a dust buster? and now you have another one !! Decide if you want to return the new one (Good luck) without a receipt and get half the money the gifter (think I made up that word) paid for it. Toss out or donate the old one and get a income tax credit for it (my favorite is donating things that work) Or a really fun thing is to thing of who really needs one and put it away for re-gifting during the year. Put a tag on it so you know who its for AND MARK YOUR CALENDAR for that person birthday that you already have the gift.
Great time to be singing Whistle While You Work and enjoy.
Dump that closet that's always been too full. Throw everything on the bed from your closet. Put them in stacks of sizes. Yes we all have severl sizes in our closet. Toss out the ones that are too big because none of us want to go back there. Toss out the ones that are several sizes smaller than what we are wearing. Let's face it, no matter how many New Years resolutions we make to exercise and loose weight, it's going to take time to get there. Time means style changes. 
The clothes are ugly by the time we get down to the weight we want to be AND when we get there we deserve new clothes.
Get your kids in on the action. Have them dump their toys out and decide which one are complete. Which ones they haven't played with in a long time and are still good for donating and which ones need to go out the door. This really makes the kids feel good when they know that their toys are going someone else for someone to play with.
Oh right, they are all collectibles. Right. They are only collectible when you are buying them. Not when you are selling them. I know because of all the estate sales The truly great toys like Lego ...keep for your grand kids.
Pretend you are moving and do you want to pay someone $$ for shipping things that you haven't used for years.
Now go out there and make this time your Boxing Day. Box things up and get rid of them. It will make you want to sing. Tis the Season to be Jolly Fa La La La La La La
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