Decorating/packing question

[Katymac]

I am away for Christmas & a friend is decorating my hall stairs & landing while I am away. I have Christmas Eve off.

Do I pack gradually over the next fortnight so that we have boxes everywhere or do I do it all on Christmas Eve alongside packing to go away?

I can't make up my mind between gradual calm mess for weeks or mad get it done quickly in a day?

What should I do?

I'd take the calm gradual approach, but then I prefer not to have to pull an all night packing session if I can avoid it as it takes too long to get a routine back.

Tricky isn't it - I have nowhere to put the stuff so it will be in the lounge/bedroom for weeks - - I hate boxes of stuff

Then I have to consider the whole packing to go away as well

wow....how much stuff do you actually have in just hall/landing/stairs?

Bureau, piano, chest of drawers, small book case (3ft by 3ft - with books), Small shelves (4ft long by 4 shelves- with books, large shelves (7ft long by 10 shelves - with books), cupboard, trophy cabinet, hall table, cd/cassette storage

lol...alot then!!

would take me all of ten miute to shift my stuff! small house..

2 bed ex-council house - but it's 1950 - so a nice wide hallway