If you can't think of the best place to hide your Christmas Presents, here are some tips
The Most Clever Places to Hide Christmas Gifts You've Never Thought Of
In the depths of a closet? Obvious. What's that under the bed? Tired. In a basement storage bin labeled "additional photo frames"? That's an improvement.
There's a sequence in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation that has always bothered me (yes, just the one). Clark Griswold climbs up to the attic to hide a bag full of Christmas presents, only to find an old, dust-covered Mother's Day gift from 1983 placed in the same location. (Given that the film was produced in 1989, the lost present isn't nearly as ancient as it seems now.) The suggestion is that Clark stashed it away and then forgot about it, but that's a stretch. How could one appear to forget where one concealed a gift just days or weeks before such a special event as Mother's Day, then try to use the same gift-hiding nook many years later? It's not a coincidence that he rushes to the location!
Regardless, if you're anything like Clark (and aren't we all at least a little bit like Clark? ), you're in the heart of gift-buying—and gift-hiding season. But, when you tiptoe through your own home, avoid the easiest, and hence most visible, hiding places. Your partner knows what all those bags in the back of the closet are for, and your kids will check under your bed the moment you take your gaze away from them. Allow this year to be the year you fool them all by hiding their gifts in areas they'd never expect.
Bins for holiday storage
Even if you don't have an inch of storage space to spare in your basement or attic, there should be at least a couple of accessible bins sitting around—assuming you summoned the energy to decorate your home for the holidays this year. When the decorations are out and on show, no one thinks to delve into the holiday storage bins for anything, so load 'em with gifts.
The box for the Christmas tree
Similarly, if you have a fake Christmas tree box that isn't completely ripped apart on one side from years of attempting to put the dumb tree back into a goddam box that was clearly never large enough to contain it, what the hell are you doing?
You've got another great stash-away area to go along with your storage container trick. Given the status of my Christmas tree box, this would never work for me, but I hope it is a possibility for you.
Shipping containers that are empty (or mislabeled storage bins)
This HGTV notion is quite welcome. If you didn't have the energy to decorate for the holidays this year, and your red and green bins are still overflowing, you have another option: conceal your gifts in (almost) plain sight. "Wrap them in fabric or plastic bags and place them beneath other objects in the storage container," Maggie Miller writes. Spouses will never know their hidden surprise is there in front of them." Ditto for all those Amazon boxes that have been collecting up in the corner of your basement for several years—no one notices them since they are all empty. Or do they?
Suitcases
Assuming you don't need the luggage for holiday travel, there is another place a gift-snooper could overlook, especially if they're in a seldom visited portion of the house, such as a basement, attic, or garage.
Coolers
Another HGTV find, and similar to the more often recommended bags, those coolers you only use a few times a year might serve as gift-hiders over the Christmas season. Put the gifts in a cooler, then place another storage box on top, and your family will be none the wiser.
Your trunk's spare tire
I'm not a big believer of putting gifts in the open section of the trunk—mostly because I drive an SUV with a rear seat that allows you to look into the trunk, making it a lousy hiding site. Even if my trunk was enclosed, I'd be concerned that I'd forget about the gifts one day and open the trunk in front of my child. But what about the spare tire well? Nobody's going to peek in there, especially if there are a bunch of other miscellaneous items—reusable bags, blankets, jumper cables, and the like—clogging up the area.
Underneath your child's bed
I confess that this one feels a little dangerous, but I also believe it's brilliant. When was the last time your youngster tried to make sense of the chasm under their bed? Exactly. When properly camouflaged, this may be the finest hiding site of all. This is especially useful if you put their out-of-season stuff in bins beneath their bed—no youngster, tween, or adolescent will go searching through last summer's shorts and bathing suits for presents. However, you are the best judge of your child, so act with caution on this one.
The scariest area in your house
Do you know where my son would never look for a present? That's where you'll find me: in the dark, narrow tool closet in my creepy-as-hell, built-in-1925 basement. People, you have to take a step down into it. Sure, you may not have a creepy, almost 100-year-old nook that had God-knows-what original purpose, but you most likely have an equal area: an attic crawl space, a messy shed, or the basement corner with the most house centipedes (I kid). Wherever the people in your home have no desire to go is the ideal location to seal and put their gifts.
Someone else's residence
You know who doesn't give a damn about what your spouse gets for Christmas? Who are they? The neighbor's adolescent children. Do a small gift-stash exchange to conceal your gifts in another house entirely—whether it's a friend's, neighbor's, or relative's—and theirs in yours. Make it clear to everyone that they may spy if they want, but they'll only find out what Uncle Dave got for Aunt Jeni.
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SOURCE: lifehacker
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