Well, I have always stored my Christmas dishes in a cabinet in the kitchen that you have to climb to the ladder to get to. So I'd do that twice a year -- once to get them down and once to put them up. I don't have much -- just 12 plates, cups and saucers and 24 salad/dessert plates. Thsi year when I brought them down, I put them in the curved glass china cabinet in the dining room. NOW they're front and center. When Christmas is over, I'll move the plates to the bottom of the stack and put the cups and saucers in the back of the china cabinet so that they are not really all that noticable. It will be nice not to have to climb a ladder twice a year to get the dishes out.

@chispa - Mine are a gift from my mom so it seems like it might be kind of nice to see them now and again during the rest of the year, too. Right now they’re stashed out of the way in a different part of the house above a closet, and I think that makes us slower to get them out. They’re more winter than Christmas specifically so really we could be using them from Thanksgiving through to Valentine’s Day or so with no problem, but we don’t because it’s annoying to get them out.

The digging them out, swapping the "regular" for the Christmas is always a pain. Your solution sounds very simple. Why not!!

The Christmas "china" I own is from Williams Sonoma...it is more like pottery and fairly casual. I keep it stacked in my kitchen cabinet, but on a higher shelf than my other everyday china. Neither is displayed. But you've got me thinking...maybe I should swap the stacks for this month & use it everyday during the holidays instead of just for the "special" dinners!

My dd's godmother started a collection of a Bernadaud Christmas pattern for her when she was born (she's 15 now) and I store that safely away. It is exquisite, though (Grenadiers pattern) and I am so tempted to use it every Christmas, or at least display it! Dd will appreciate having it so much when she is an adult.

I think your storage plan sounds fine!

Mine ( my Christmas themed China ) was stored in boxes in the garage. I decided that it was a huge pain to pull it out once a year, wash all of them, & then repack them, etc. A friend of mine loves decorating for Christmas, starts in October, so I gave her the entire set. She loves them, I prefer my simple white china anyway with seasonal decor so it was a “win / win” for both of us. So, keep them where it’s most convenient.

Mine are stored in the high cabinet above frig, maybe I will find a better place next year as a pain to climb a ladder to get them and then put away.