I have some in the back of my closet ( I have actually lost gifts in this area before, to find them long after Christmas! LOL!) the big ones I lock up in the shed, I have the only key, and it's pretty much always on me. I used to put them under the bed too, but the dogs tend to dig under the bed for lost toys. I have had to put some under the tree already, we are running out of room in hiding spots. In our old place, I used to hide the gifts in the kids closets. They would be in back of their out of season clothes. They never thought to look in their own closets.

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Nicole