Originally Posted by
dc9-32
just tell the Missus it's Christmas soon and she shouldn't look.
I use that tactic year round !!
Much of my library was steadily consigned to the attic, as household size rose from one to two, and then when there's two ... it has a habit of increasing to three, and ...
However, this is, fortunately, the time of year when the aforementioned Christmas decorations have to be extracted from the selfsame attic. Which is a chance to rediscover things, possibly at length.
"Taking a long time up there, you OK ?"
"Just moving some things around here ... um ... er ... making space for the garden furniture over the winter, you know".
"Not reading those old aeroplane books, are you ?"
"Oh NO dear ...".