Holiday and special occasion decorations tend to accumulate over many years and they often have some sentimental value attached. For some people, their decorations may contain collectible items and others may have a large number that are used for complex displays.

My collection is not especially large but it is widely varied and presented an interesting metadata challenge. There may be some institutions that need a similar set to keep track of their items. For instance, in my town, our parks department decorates their large manor house in Wildwood Metropark each year for a week of viewing in December. Their collection of decorations must be accounted for somehow. I wonder how they organize it all?