Pests could be furthest from your minds during the holidays, but they cannot be ignored any further. If you want the new year to be pest-free, rid of the following to prevent pest problems: 1. Used gift wrappers, boxes, and other packaging materials. Christmas is the time for giving and receiving gifts, and also for shopping. After the holidays is the time to remove materials accumulated in the basement, closet, and other storage spaces in the house that are meant to be discarded. Cardboard, boxes, cloth, paper and…