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Is your home ready for the holidays? What organizers and fire-safety officials say to do first

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By James Kelly for Closets by Design To organize a family home for the holidays, work in sequence: sort and clear storage before decorations come out, prepare guest space before decorating, and process gifts and returns in January before the decorations go back into storage.

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    By James Kelly for Closets by Design To organize a family home for the holidays, work in sequence: sort and clear storage before decorations come out, prepare guest space before decorating, and process gifts and returns in January before the decorations go back into storage.

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