We used to, it would be in the evening after supper, two days after New Years, we'd get out the boxes for all the ornaments and each person was to fill a box with one color one size balls. They all got any dust wiped off and tucked away, then any special ornaments were placed in their boxes. It was the smaller kids job to take off all the tensil and get it in a trash bag. Then we would take off the lights, cleaning them and checking if there were any burnt out bulbs, if so they were replaced before they got packed. While we were doing that my grandmother who lived with us had a note book and we would each tell something that was special for us that year. We would drag the tree out and vacuum, then have these huge bowls of popcorn and ice cold root beers. Some one would pick a game they got and we would all play until bed time.
Sadly we lost the notebook in a move. We would always read some of them as we put the tree up.
Well anyway hope yours is Merry and Happy New Year too.