15 Things To Declutter Before Christmas

We all have things that we don’t need or want in our homes for various reasons. This is an ideal time to get rid of some of those items before we get more things at Christmas.

Let’s look at 15 things to declutter before Christmas to make our homes feel less cluttered.

Check out these ideas to declutter your home in time for to festivities to begin.

You don’t have to become a minimalist, it’s more about getting rid of those items that we know need to go.

Let’s enjoy the holiday season knowing we are going into it with less clutter and feeling great about it too.

It’s not going to be hard to find these 20 things, let’s start looking now!

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1. Old Decorations That Are Broken

Before we start decorating our home, let’s go through our decorations and start taking out the items that we no longer want.

It can’t be just me who seems to collect Christmas decorations and never get rid of some of the items we no longer use.

Are there any broken ones that you need to deal with too?

If there are sentimental ones, I recommend taking a picture or two and storing these on the cloud so if they are damaged you have images of them to remember them.

2. Broken Or Damaged Furniture

When the holiday season arrives so too do all the relatives that seem to turn up unexpectedly, we don’t want people sitting on chairs that are broken.

Let’s get those items out of the house before you have an incident and you get blamed for someone getting hurt.

If the furniture is damaged make a note to get it repaired after the holiday season is over, it’s too late now to get a specialist in.

3. Electronic Devices You No Longer Use

We all have those electronic items that get shoved in a cupboard never to see the light of day again.

How about digging them out and seeing if you can sell them or donate to a charity? If they had personal information on them remember to delete this first before selling.

If they are too far gone, don’t just trash electronic devices can and should be recycled.

4. Expired Items In The Pantry

Before you start that holiday cooking go through your pantry and get rid of all those items that are expired and the items you know you won’t use.

You can give the items that aren’t expired to a food bank, this will ensure that at least someone might be able to use those items.

5. Simplifying Linen Closet

You know that when you have guests you need extra bedding, but you don’t need bedding for the whole street.

Go through your linen closet and keep a maximum of two sets per bed in your home, include the folding beds or sofa beds in your calculations.

The rest either sell or donate to a charity.

6. Decluttering The Bathrooms

You don’t need to have so much stuff in the bathroom that your guest have nowhere to put their items when staying with you.

Remove the empty bottles that have been left there, any products that you know you won’t use need to go too.

Whilst going through your bathrooms make sure you check that you do have things in there that are needed, like toiletries and towels.

7. Going Through The Toys

This is hard for any child to get rid of the toys they have which is why it’s a great time to do it.

Involve the children and talk about giving their toys away to families who don’t have much money and remind them of the holidays and how they will be getting some new things too.

Don’t get rid of the toys they play with all the time, you know the ones that have never seen the light of day are the ones that might need to find new homes.

8. Reduce The Paper In Your Home

Now is the perfect time to get your bills online so that you don’t have to have piles of paper for bills that are paid.

Storing them electronically is the way forward, they take up less space.

Go through the papers and bills that you have and see if there are any that can be discarded. Remember to remove personal information first.

Are there any other papers that are coming into the home that you can reduce?

9. Digital Decluttering

You might not think of all the information that you have on your computers and other electrical devices you have around your home.

It’s time to go through your inboxes and get rid of the clutter, empty trash cans and get your electrical devices ready for the New Year with more storage space than you knew was possible.

10. Videos, CDs, Bluerays Let’s Get Them Sorted

I found videos in my cupboard, I haven’t owned a video player in years, probably 10 years so why do I still have them? If you are never going to watch or listen to these again why do you have them?

I have kept a few videos that have sentimental value, and I know charity shops don’t often take them any longer, so you might have to get creative to find ways on which to dispose of them.

But if you don’t like them or want them it’s time to let them go.

11. It’s Time To Go Through The Children’s Clothes

With winter in full swing, it’s time to see what items of clothing can go. With children home for the holidays, it’s perfect to have them try on items to see what fits and what doesn’t.

If the clothes are still in good condition you can try to sell them, this will help bring in some money with which you can purchase new clothes to replace the ones that no longer fit.

12. Adult Clothing Decluttering

We all have clothes that we are holding on to, well there is no better time than to ditch them before the holiday season. You aren’t going to wear clothes that are too small for you again, it’s time to let go.

Have a fresh start for the holidays so you can see what you have without all the clutter and the mental stress of having clothes that you can’t wear.

13. Crafting Supplies Declutter

Who has loads of crafting supplies that they haven’t touched this year? It’s time to go through them and really dig into why you have so much stuff and yet you never do the craft.

If it was something you wanted to do you would make time for it. Take the plunge and sell those craft supplies that you know you aren’t going to use again.

14. Empty Storage Bins

It can’t be just me who has a massive pile of empty storage bins, why do I keep them, for those just-in-case moments?

You should be happy that you have gotten rid of clutter and made space in your home. You don’t need to keep storage boxes.

Replace broken and damaged ones that are storing other items take the plunge and get rid of them today.

15. Photo Decluttering

There were times when every photo you took was precious, after all, you had to get the film developed before you could even tell if the images were any good.

This isn’t reality anymore, we have phones and digital cameras and we can see the images as they are taken.

Let’s free up the space on our devices and remove the duplicates and the images that aren’t very good.

More Ideas To Help You Declutter Your Home

There are so many different things in our homes that it’s often difficult to keep on top of what we need and what we need to declutter too.

Check out these articles for more inspiration:

• 20 Things To Declutter This Winter
• Declutter Your Home In 14 Days Course Review
• Top 10 Simple And Easy Decluttering Tips To Try Today
• 25 Things To Declutter Before Summer Ends