Jennifer Sheahan: The joy of renting Christmas decorations

Tiny home or not, temporary decorations do away with the need to store boxes of baubles, never mind a 10-foot Santa Claus figure

Renting Christmas decorations can make sense for any home, really, but especially for anyone renting or living in their home temporarily, writes Jennifer Sheahan. File picture

I spent all weekend dragging down the Christmas decorations, and I am stiff from hanging them up. I love Christmas, I love the decorations, and I love how my house looks now, but I wish someone else would do it for me. Well, as it turns out, days too late; unfortunately, somebody will. Not only that, but they’ll take them back down again and then bring them away, so I don’t even have to store them.

Why did I never think of renting Christmas decorations before? I rent lots of other things, including my clothes (thank goodness Happy Days is back open), and when I think about it, decorations are the most obvious rentals of all. Maybe you have been renting your Christmas decorations for years, but residential holiday decoration rental is a brand-new concept to me, so indulge me as I marvel at the wonder of my newfound discovery.