Putting away the Christmas things...vent

clea

OK - I hate putting away all those Christmas things and getting everything organized in the little storage space I have.  DH never helps.  If fact today he hid in his office for 4 hours without even checking on me!  so I did it all alone.  Still not finished.  Then he suggested that I fix his dinner.  HA

So, do you do it all alone, does DH help?  Do you mind the job or enjoy it.

lililand

I take it all down alone, i also put it up alone too. I enjoy doing it myself though.

EastCoastBride

The question is- does he really care about the decorations?  I'm not a decorations person so the idea of putting them up much less having to take them down - bleh, not my thing.  if my Dh wanted to do it,I'd be all for him doing it.  but I wouldn't be rushing to help him, to be honest.

BUT - if he asked "Hey, would you mind helping?", I'd gladly go and help.

Have you tried asking him or are you just waiting for him to offer and then getting progressively more pissed when he doesn't?

clea

that's what I was thinking.  I love it when the things are all up.  but the putting away, ughhh.

I might just give it a break next year and not put up any and see how that works for me.

festivegal2008

I'm so OCD about where to put stuff that I prefer putting the decorations up and putting them away on my own. LOL. But my H will help me with the outside stuff and he will carry the Christmas tree to the basement. Everything else I do on my own - my choice. Right now the outside stuff is still sitting in the garage from NYD when we took it down. I should go in this weekend and put them in plastic bins so I can take them to the basement - or heck I'll even leave them in the garage. BUT in plastic bins. I hate clutter.

Shozzies

I don't hate it, but I don't really find it enjoyable.  DH helps me take down the tree and the outside lights, but I take down everything else.

Wahoo

clea:

that's what I was thinking.  I love it when the things are all up.  but the putting away, ughhh.

I might just give it a break next year and not put up any and see how that works for me.

This is me, too!

This year, I didn't put as much stuff up.  I decorated very minimally, and only put up one box (out of about 5!) of ornaments on the tree.

DH WOULD help if I asked, but he would not feel comfortable handling the little breakables.  Also, he handles things like the outdoor decorations (in the cold!). 

Happyappy

My husband doesn't care about the decorations so he doesn't help. It bothers me on some levels, but I get over it. I know it means alot to me, so I do it. Same for taking them down. Once I have everything packed in its tote, he will carry the rubbermaid totes to the garage.

Catlawdy_____

DH buys the tree when he has a day off, and I come home to find it sitting in the living room in the stand.  I decorate it and take the decorations down, he hauls it outside.  That's what works for us.  

He does help get things out of the attic and put them back up if I need it. 

tigerhearted

He helps -- I put them up and take them down, and he packs them up in the storage boxes, and puts them away.  He's something of a genius when it comes to spacial-relations, and I'm something of a dunce in that respect, so it makes sense for us lol.  Though we decorate and take down the tree together.

sarscott

I am one of those strange people that keep their tree up all year long. But before you start thinking how weird I am, its not one of those huge traditional trees. When I moved from Michigan to Wyoming I was missing the trees soo much that I found this skinny decorative tree and is decorated for non-christmas and christmas. As for the other decorations, there are some here and there, but since I'm just a youngin and not really settled into a house I haven't bothered to decorate outside of the everyday stuff.

When it comes to the (soon-to-be) hubby helping, he is more than willing to help me, but I tend to like to take care of things (pack them up) just so I know where things are. He's a good mule at putting them away though