We all need a Paul and Bethany in our lives!!

I don't know when everything changed. The in thing now is the day after Christmas to take everything down. I remember years ago when I was younger, Christmas to Epiphany was more celebrated. Friends and family would stop in casually during this time, and everything didn't seem so rushed. Miss those days. Now today, Christmas starts the day after Halloween and Valentine's the day after Christmas.

A custom in Austria is to remove the Christmas decorations on 6th January . Three Holy Kings public holiday in a catholic country . Lovely decorations you've got 😍

My family is originally from Germany, and we always waited until January 6th to remove the decorations, so I can enjoy them a little longer. Can't wait to see the piano room finished!

You got your steps in for the day…I’m in awe at your energy!

I put my tree up on the 24th December and it's staying up until at least the 6th January!

As ugly as January is and cold we leave the tree up to enjoy during the darkest month of the year. I am not in a hurry since it seems I just put it up was so busy getting ready for Christmas didn’t enjoy tree as much before Christmas now I can really enjoy it!

Forget inspiration, I’d watch you take out the trash! You don’t know it but we’re friends! You’ve been here for me through thick and thin, losing my dad, a house fire, so much. I just appreciate you sharing your lives with us. Yes, you inspire me in so many ways but more than that we’re friends. So thanks! Looking forward to another great year with Garden Answer!

Although we keep our decorations up until we celebrate Epiphany on January 6, you made me want to organize all of our decorations as I take them down. Thanks for all that you share with us.

I'm Christian Orthodox celebrating Christmas on January 7th. The January 7 date is based on the Julian calendar which existed before the Gregorian one. Since my kids married into Christian Catholic families, we all together celebrating both dates and our decorations stays up for more than month and a half. For us is well worth all the time and energy that we spend setting it all up.

We have 12 days of Christmas in England, the decorations come down on the 6th

Already? 😲 We usually take em down on January 6th!

I am totally impressed with the barn loft! How handy in that?! And kudos to Paul for building additional shelving!

It’s our tradition to keep our trees and decorations up until January 7th, the day after Epiphany. The 12 days of Christmas begin on Christmas Day and ends on Epiphany, which is supposed to be the day that the three wise men came to pay homage to the Christ Child. Many in our area also celebrate Russian or Orthodox Christmas on January 6th. I love that Samantha Grace enjoys helping you even at her young age! You are like the Energizer Bunny with all the steps, stairs, and activities. Do you ever rest? Love your channel and have learned so much. Happy New Year. 🎉

I keep my Christmas Trees up till the middle of January. I love the lights at night. ❤️

I just love watching people organize and clean their stuff. Real people, not this made for tv kind of perfection. Makes me feel super motivated! Thanks for sharing Laura!

Paul and Bethany. The best two employees!!! I think they have made your lives so much easier!!!

I used to have a rule that the xmas decorations had to stay up until my mid-February birthday. Now I leave them up until just before the spring equinox. We can use all the lights and cheer we can get in the dreary New England winter! 🙂 And by then I an completely ready for them to go!

Could you please bottle some of your energy and motivation for me. Lol….I appreciate you taking us on the journey.

I absolutely love seeing the old part of the house!!

We keep them up until Jan 6 where I'm from.

Just a little tip for putting away your ornaments..I like to use coffee filters, more room in each tote and less paper.

The 12 days of Christmas ends on January 6th. That’s when my decorations come down. Always felt premature to take them down right away.

I’m sitting here watching you and looking at my beautiful Christmas tree, enjoying it while it’s still up. My background is from Europe and our tradition is that we don’t take the tree down until January 6 because that’s when the 12 days of Christmas end. It’s also known as the Epiphany.

Love Samantha using her motorskills and getting herself a treat all at once. LOL Have you thought about putting some sort of cabinet / buffet type table in the sun room to add storage and you could keep the pizza oven hidden away while still having easy access?

Don't know about, but I am exhausted. Your energy to get the totes up the barn stairs was incredible. No can do at 78!

Christmas is always beautiful, warm and exciting, but it is always refreshing to get back to the serenity of less clutter and clean! Fun video. Looking forward to the change on your walls!!

I’m surprised you took the decorations down at your church. Everyone could have enjoyed it through January 6!

My family puts the decor up about the middle of December and leaves it up until 1/6 - Little Christmas.

I would love to see you do more organizing, it’s so inspiring even if it’s just a junk drawer!

It is always exciting to decorate for the Christmas holiday, but oh, so satisfying to reclaim the space when Christmas is over! Laura, I know your body rested well that night, after such an active day!

Here in Ireland Christmas Season ends 6th January also!!!

Oh my, so soon 😯 here in Europe, beeing a predominantly Catholic, it is a custom to leave the decorations up untill January 6th (in Catholic calendar a Three Holly Kings day) when we celebrate the Epiphany (Some of you in the US might call it a Twelfth day, hence the song Twelwe days of Christmas 😁) Anyway, I really enjoy Christmas, in fact I live for it! I wish you all the best in the New year 2023. May our lives change for better ❤️ and we hope for peace in 🇺🇦

We all need a Paul in our lives! Superman!

Samantha and her gumballs! So sweet. Bravo on the cleanup job. Love watching things like that.

Ok, who else thinks there should be a step counter in the corner? Laura, you have no idea how much you inspire me and others. Thank you for sharing ❤️

Your church is sooooooo blessed to have you both as members. Your generosity is so abundant.

Several years ago I donated all but a few favorite ornaments to our church rummage sale. It was hard to give away so many nemories, but now others can treasure those same ornaments in their homes.

Paul and Bethany are amazing! Wondering how you work with them? Do they just know what need to get done? Or do you give them a daily/weekly list of projects to complete?

You are just the Energizer Bunny. You are fortunate to have the barn for a store house. Bethany and Paul are very special people!

You work hard! Inspired me to do the same. Kudos to Paul and Bethany for all their hard work too

Yes! Very satisfying to watch! The organization of the storage in the barn is an amazing look behind the scenes to glimpse the forethought and planning needed to run an enterprise the size of Garden Answer.

You are an inspiration, I really don’t like putting stuff away as much as I do putting it up.

I remember having that much energy, not so much anymore!

The first of three artificial trees just came out of the shower. YES the shower! And the water was black. Don’t be afraid to shower all those weeks of dust off so they’re clean and ready for next year. Today is the day! Down out and cleaned up ✅

I’m sure Laura must have gotten over 15,000 ++ steps in doing her organizing video - whew … Happiest of Happy New Year to one and all! 💜

You’re such a wholesome person. I love every single video you do regardless of the theme. Thank you for sharing your world. Blessings to you and your family for the new year.

In Puerto Rico we love Christmas a lot. We start Christmas decorations after Halloween and take down the decoration by January 20 others wait until February 2. When we have the celebration Candlemas, is celebrated on 2 February and marks the return of light, a symbol of protection and prosperity. This Christian festival commemorates the presentation of Jesus at the Temple of Jerusalem, referring to him as the light of the people of Israel. Falling exactly 40 days after Christmas, Candlemas (or the Feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary) was observed as the official end of Christmas in medieval England.

You sure got your number of steps in going up and down the stairs. Paul and Bethany are a blessing to your family. Happy New Year!!

I have always taken down my Christmas after New Years Day!!

I can’t believe the energy you have😉! I love the way you and Aaron work together and Paul and Bethany are a godsend to you! It is a restful time when I watch your videos since I am now older and can no longer run around crazy like you do! Am thankful that we have a loving daughter to do for us! Love the relationship you have with your mom❤️

It does motivate me but I leave Christmas up until January 6!!! It always looks so bare for a day or two!! Happy New Year!’

Loved seeing you deconstruct your Christmas decor. We’re keeping ours up until Epiphany (Jan. 6), which is the tradition our family has followed for years.

I’m also amazed at how independent Benjamin and Samantha Grace are while you are working. They always seem content just playing by themselves! 😊

Two children that want to help how nice.

Love your storage area! How wonderful when it’s all organized, labeled and easy access. Loved seeing your little helper! It’s so wonderful how both of your children are such pleasers! ❤️

OMG the ASMR of that empty shade porch 😂 To me that’s what makes January (which might otherwise feel low/sad/depressing) an uplifting time. The sparkles and twinkles are pretty and festive, but the cleanliness and minimalism is super satisfying too.

I'll be putting our Christmas away after Jan. 6th but putting up some snow scenes with elegant ceramic penguins and snowmen for Jan. Much more subdued. Happy holidays everyone and thanks Laura for all the inspiration!

I'll start taking it all down after Jan. 6. It takes me a couple of weeks to get everything packed up. It's amazing how much stuff we've accumulated over the years. I donate boxes every year. I save them until November and donate right before the holidays when people are looking for Christmas items. It seems as much as I try to organize and donate, the Christmas collection just grows and grows, but I love it all!

I wait till after the Epiphany to take everything down. Great job, love your organization. And only “Laura” would take advantage of a broken ornament. Love the idea planting the gourd seeds. Happy New Year everyone.,

Your house is so full of character I love it! We need a house tour. ❤

Oh, no!! I'm so not ready to do this. We usually keep our decorations up until mid-January.

Trying to remember back to being younger, when my kids were 4 or so, and couldn’t imagine, even them, having energy like Laura’s. Accomplished so much in so little time. All good stuff.

Hi Laura, great job girl! My little sister had hers all done and put away two days ago also...but she teaches so good for her! I on the other hand leave my decor up until after the New Year. You just never know who will drop in at our place, decor and company during the holidays is always fun! Hagd!

Laura, You have so much energy! I used to be like you. Lol, Now I am down to a townhome and 1 box of Christmas decor. Decluttering is helpful, and this is the best time of year to do this.

I'm still in the afterglow Christmas I never take it down until several days past New Year.

I’m blown away by how much you got accomplished! It will be so fun to see what you do with the piano room. I hope you keep the beautifully rich dark wood.

SO SAD you didn't do a house tour this year. I absolutely love your house, the moldings, the assortment of different rooms , just older houses. Maybe next year ?

It's always fun to see how other people organize and put things away, Laura 🙂 Samantha Grace was the star 🌟 lol wanting to help her Momma. Her hair has gotten long and beautiful, just like Momms😉

You should paint the arches white if they’re painting the wall darker in the church. They’ll just pop.

Laura I’d love to be able to grow those pear shaped gourds so if you ever run across a site that sells them could you post it please. Also wanted to mention that those orange slices that you hung on your Hartley tree were literally the topping on the tree cake. They glowed❤ amongst all the other lovely decorations. A real stunner.

Well I'm just totally exhausted from watching you work so hard!🤭😀

I love your energy and excitement for everything that you do, you are such a joy and inspiration, thank you Laura🥰😃

Boy, do I wish I had a barn for storage! 😊

I can't imagine taking down Christmas decor until the 12 Days of Christmas are over!! Epiphany is January 6th which celebrates the Magi. I love this part of holiday season!! Though I don't understand the rush to take down Christmas, I totally appreciate the organizing, caring for the decor, and the cleaning!!!😍 I'll be doing that on January 7th!! Have a wonderful New Year!!!

Samantha made a great mommie helper. So sweet.I'm amazed at how quickly the the went from decorating to dismantling. It's such a feeling of achievement when everything is back where it belongs. Laura you are so energetic and organized that you make the process look easy when I know from experience that it's not. Great job!

Great video! It’s so nice to put away the decorations and prepare for the new year. I’m a little concerned about all the comments about when it is appropriate to take down Christmas decor, particularly the comment that suggested that people who take decor down before January 6th are “pretend Christians”. How a person worships Jesus and celebrates his birth is personal and doesn’t require decorations at all.

we love all you do, continue to bring us along!

I love this video! Thank you for sharing! It was fun to see the behind the scenes, and what some of your holiday decor looked like this year!❤🪴🎉

Oh my goodness. The loft is insane. You've got Christmas decorations for 10 houses.

love watching your organization but having only 1 tree we celebrate the 12 days of Christmas which ends Jan 6

I get so sad taking Christmas decorations down. Please share ways to liven up a winter home for the next few months.

Love love cleaning and organizing videos in winter . So motivating! 😄

Big job & so satisfying when done! I would have loved to have seen more of how you wrap & organize the ornaments inside the totes though.

We leave our big tree up for the twelve days of Christmas. Everything else I’m putting away.

Laura, you are such a hard, working girl. Very Good! Debbie🤗

This may sound silly, but I’m so impressed how well the trees fit back in their boxes. For some reason, that’s always an issue with me. 🤷‍♀️🎄

your theme for the church decoration was inspiring and so in touch with our current world events. I shared your video with many of my friend. I am never quick to make a comment but I want you to know your videos are a blessing to me. Not just because of all I learn but for you and your family who make the world seem a better place. God bless you this coming year.

WOW!!! Your storage attic is the stuff of an organization dream! I imagine Paul and Bethany love their jobs, it shows because they are so enthusiastic and good about getting things done!

I never take my decorations down until after New Year's because of the old wives tale that bad luck for the rest of the year if taken down before New Year's day. I used to do it after Christmas until I had the worst year ever! I bought more outdoor stuff again this year which means more totes. Then next year before the holidays I will have to add additional outside electrical outlets for my every growing outdoor decorations for Christmas. My grandson ran from one decorations chanting "Tan Tuh".

I imagine that is very satisfying to get the decorations put away for the season! So great to have a Paul and Bethany! Yay for them!

It was wonderfully fun to see you arrange and take down and organize everything from the house decorations out to the barn. You are so blessed with so many beautiful things.

Am I the only one who is exhausted watching Laura work?? Where do you get all your energy?? Lol!!

Good God Laura! Where do you find that much energy? I am so jealous. I love your organization skills (because they remind me of mine 😊) but it would take me days to do all that. ❤much love from my house to yours!

Laura, do you have pictures of the kids with Santa each year? At 2:07 when the oval frame came into focus on the right side of the Santa tree, my thought was "Wouldn't it be fun to add pictures of the kids (or the whole family) with Santa as a tradition & a reminder through the years...?" 🥰 A living history.

You should make a tiny fairy garden in that gourd ornament!!

I was eyeing Samantha Grace emptying that gum ball machine! She is so cute! ❤❤

Wow, props for disassembling the big artificial tree yourself! We also pack our trees in tree bags and box. Wardrobe size boxes topped with a large moving box make great, sturdy replacements for deteriorating tree boxes.

Greetings, Laura, from Windermere, Florida zone 9b USA 🇺🇸 🤶🎄🎅🇺🇸 You are way ahead of me. I want to enjoy the soft glow of Christmas lights one more week...at least 👩‍🌾👍 Happy New Year 🎊 Everyone ❤️

This was greatly motivating! Love it. As you put away your Christmas decor, it reminded me of seeing a glimpse of your mom’s nativity set. Next year, would consider doing a viewer compilation of Nativity displays big and small? I think it would be beautiful!