Life Hack: How to safely store away your Christmas decorations as holiday season ends

Keep delicate items safe and reduce your stress when decorating next Christmas

Invest in a 'tree bag' to protect your artificial Christmas tree if the original box has become too battered to be of use

January 6 is Nollaig na mBan, also known as Women’s Little Christmas. While better known these days as a social event for women, it is also the very last day of Christmas so traditionally in Ireland, all Christmas decorations are removed by that date.

With that in mind, there’s no better time to share some handy tips for storing those decorations for the next 11 months, various ways to keep delicate items safe while also reducing your stress at the end of 2026 when you go looking for them once more.