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EtsyBABY wishes you and your family a happy and safe new year!
♥ Map out your drive to do your errands so you aren’t back tracking and wasting time.
♥ Do your shopping and cleaning at your highest energy time.
♥ Keep all your holiday receipts in one place at home or in an envelope in your purse.
♥ Call the store ahead of time to see if they have the item in stock.
♥ Consider giving the older kids gift certificates.
♥ Shop online
♥ Have the entire family decorate the house all at once or decorate one room at a time.
♥ Wrap gifts as you go.
♥ Buy already made pies, rolls, vegetable platters, cookies
♥ Make short cuts and prepare things the night before.
♥ Have large trash bags to the side for the collection of all the wrapping after gift opening.