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- Take advantage of giftwrapping shortcuts. Some stores, such as Boscov\u2019s, offer free giftwrapping services on items customers buy in the store. Many shopping malls team up with Boy Scouts or other organizations to wrap gifts for a small donation. If neither of these options work for you, don’t be ashamed to use gift bags.<\/li>\n
- Get rid of the clutter fast by designating a storage container for each room and quickly tossing everything that doesn’t belong out into the container. Put the containers in the closet or under the beds and then deal what the contents after the guests are gone.<\/li>\n
- Simplify your plans. Do you really need ten different appetizers for the open house? Will Christmas be ruined if you make sugar cookies from the refrigerated store bought dough? Will guests truly care that you didn\u2019t put fresh liners in every drawer?<\/li>\n
- Set up shopping bags and fill each of them with all the items you need to take to another person\u2019s home over the holidays. (Just make a note of refrigerated items to add to the bag at the last minute and clip it to the bag so you don\u2019t forget to grab them, too.) This really saves a lot of time and frustration, since you have the items right there instead of having to remember that you wanted to pass on that mystery book to Aunt Jillian after you get to her house.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Do you have any last-minute holiday preparation tips?<\/p>\n
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