AIBU in thinking the mess is fine

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The house is a mess. It's mostly washing piles drying and colouring books and toys and books, general Christmas debris.

AIBU to say it's FINE. Leave it. It's not killing anybody. Or am I being a lazy cow?

My daughters have all the toys they got for Christmas downstairs still. Things get put away to be forgotten about in this house!

I like my house to be tidy and organised but my dc is away and my house is still a bombsite. My bins are full so lots of recycling just sitting in my room.
Clean clothes scattered on the floor/spilling out the basket.
Cleanest place is my bathroom and dc room at the moment. Will blitz on Saturday and get ready for bins going out that day.

Surely even tidy people's houses gets a bit messy at Christmas, and that's certainly not something for anyone to be fretting about. I don't even have any kids and our house is untidy at the moment too. We only moved in a few weeks ago so we haven't even sorted out where our existing stuff is going to go, let alone the Christmas presents we were given! And if you've got kids they'll probably want their new stuff immediately accessible to play with in the days between Christmas and New Year.

If it starts to feel depressingly chaotic then by all means enlist everyone in a quick tidy-up, but I wouldn't beat yourself up over it.

My house is currently what most people would class as messy but we've just had a massive tidy. A little bit of mess is fine but if it gets on top of you I find it can leave you feeling depressed. Toys etc post Christmas is fine.

I live in fear of somebody calling round.

The enormous 'big bertha' bean bag that DH bought for DS2, which now dominates the sitting room, isn't helping...

Each to their own but had to throw out my child and his father the other day (sent them to the park) just so I could clean and tidy the house as the debris left over from 2 days (Xmas and boxing day) was driving me crazy!! A normal 2 days mess I can deal with but extra mess of present boxes, wrapping paper etc was driving me nuts even took down the tree to have the space to put trampoline I'd got my son!! Couldn't relax till it was done and I felt loads better when I did!!

Lazy

I hate mess. Get on it

For a couple of hours of graft you will feel better for it

I love a tidied house , hate cleaning it but love sitting down to a spotless house

Your house your rules! I can't bear mess so I tidy up everything all the time but that's how I like things, if it doesn't bother you then tidy up when you feel like doing it.

Reading all these replies makes me feel so normal I love a clean house

It's ok during xmas holidays I think. Or am trying to convince myself anyway. I had a stomach bug since boxing day so haven't had strength to do much and DS has some crazy new onesies (too impatient to wait for them to be washed) that leave fluff all over the rug. Pointless hoovering that until they've all been rewashed and settled down. Jan 2nd will be fettle day in this house. As you were.

I get fed up with clutter on the floor. But my house isn't tidy. I do vacuum the downstairs everyday. So anything in my way needs picking up. I can't wait to take the Christmas tree down and other decorations, Christmas cards etc. I usually wait till 2nd Jan. They annoy me and feel like extra clutter.

I got fed up with my teens not taking their washing back to their rooms, so I put it on the dining table. They couldn't eat dinner till it was moved. Surprisingly it was gone before dinner was ready.

Throw the kids stuff into boxes and put them in their rooms for kids to sort out. Leaves living room looking tidier.
Children will never move all their stuff themselves.
When they ask where their stuff just ask if they've looked in the box.
Don't knock yourself out OP as you deserve a rest after Christmas plus where DC are home on holiday you are fighting a losing battle with housework.