My Secrets for Being Holiday Ready

Unless you're new to this blog, you know I prefer to keep things simple, especially around the holidays.  I'm also a product of my upbringing and follow closely in Mom's footsteps.  Growing up, our home always sparkled a little more around the holidays.  Mom started early cleaning floors, windows, and polishing silver and still does to this day.  She motivates me to do the same for my family.  Christmas lights seem to shine a little brighter when the floors are shiny and clean and so do the candle lit windows.  

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Our home is far from being decorated for the holidays because we usually wait until after Thanksgiving, but I have a jump on the cleaning onslaught that comes before it.  Mom and I always chuckle with each other because decorating makes a mess.  We both prefer a clean slate on which to make our mess, ha!

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And here are just a few other things I do to be holiday ready...

Clean the windows.  As I said before, lights shine much brighter in sparkly surroundings.  And I love extra sparkle at Christmas!

Clean the silver.  Just as clean floors and windows reflect light, so does silver.  Clean your silver now.  Trust me, you will be happy you did when crunch time comes.

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