Dear Heloise: Each year when I’m cleaning out the Christmas decorations and storing them, I pack my Christmas gift-wrapping paper and ribbon in the same storage area. Then I go through the Christmas cards and tear off the fronts to donate to organizations that use them, and keep all of the letters, notes and photos. These I store with new cards (which I’ve bought at after-Christmas sales) and my mailing list. I reread the notes next year before writing my own.

I box my holiday jewelry (well-marked) and store it with these cards. Then as soon as I get the urge to start with my note...

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