Get Out Those Storage Boxes and Check the Lights
Believe it or not, the Christmas holidays are just around the corner. There’s no time like the present to start thinking about this year’s holiday decorations. Especially if something was broken last season and you promised yourself you’d repair it in time for this season. So open up those holiday storage boxes and pull out the lights. Let’s see if they’re ready to go.
Christmas lights can be the curse of your holiday if you wait until the third week of December to check them. The way most of them are wired means one bad bulb could put the whole string out. That’s when you need to check the entire thing, from one bulb to the next, until you find the offending one. The most annoying thing is to check one hundred bulbs only to find out that the fuse is the real culprit!
Let’s see. What else is in your boxes? There’s the ceramic nativity scene you display on the dining table every year. Take a good look to make sure there are no cracks or broken pieces. In case there are, you can get some white glue and paint at the craft store to fix it up nice. If it’s broken beyond repair you may just have to put out for a new one. But that’s why you’re checking these things early.
The lady of the house may want to give her holiday linens and table ware the once over as long as you’re feeling festive. Hopefully the fragile times were packed away with all due care at the end of last season. Tissue paper and good packing methods mean she’ll unwrap to find everything still intact. That will be a relief. And when all is said and done you’ll know you’re ready for Christmas.
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