Christmas ornament storage - ah yes, a sentimental time of saying goodbye to old friends as we wrap them lovingly in tissue once again! Well, but as to the practicalities...
  

• The storage containers I favor are put-it-together cardboard chests of drawers. (I sort the ornaments by drawer - birds in one, animals in another, orbs and icicles together, angels and Santas/people together...) The drawers are deep enough to hold bundles of strung lights, Christmas stockings and tree skirt, etc., as well. And the whole shebang is light enough to be easily carried down from and up to the attic.

• Egg cartons are excellent for keeping tiny (especially tiny fragile) ornaments corralled. (They just fit into my cardboard chests of drawers too!)
   
• Molded plastic holders of many rounded fruits (notably apples) are often sold at stores like Costco... and make great storage for fragile larger ornaments like glass balls.
   
• Liquor cartons and other partitioned boxes also make good storage containers for fragile ornaments.