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No-Fireplace Christmas Checklist
Print it before you start and work through it top to bottom.
Pick your spot
- Stand at the door: what do you see first?
- Measure the ledge and object bases
- Outlet within reach (or battery lights)
- Not in a walkway
- Choose 2 colors plus green
Gather
- Measure the garland route with string
- Lights with a timer
- One tall piece
- 3 or 5 small trees or accents
- Stockings and hooks or holders
- Flameless candles, not real ones
Set up
- Clear and wipe the spot
- Garland and lights first
- Tall, medium, low
- Hang empty stockings on suitable holders
- Tree or tabletop tree last
- Check cables, doors and walking routes
Before January
- Know where each piece will be stored
- Keep hook packaging for removal
- Wrap lights around cardboard
- Box garland flat, not crushed
- Note what you didn't use