Christmas Tree Trimming Tips
The Christmas season is filled with decorating opportunities, but none more special than the trimming of the Christmas tree. The style you use to decorate your tree is a reflection of your interests and taste. Here are some suggestions to get you started.
1. Thematic Christmas trees are becoming more popular. People use a single color to decorate. Others use a period of time in their lives. They then find or make ornaments to reflect the time period you have chosen.
2. Even if you decide not to use a theme for decorating your tree, remember to add some unique personal ornaments. When you add personal ornaments you claim a tree as your very own. No one else even if they have the same theme will have the same ornaments as you.
3. Ornaments need to be packaged carefully to avoid damage from breakage and the sun. Save hassles by keeping the original packing boxes. If those boxes have been thrown away. Check with a moving and storage company for glass packing crates. Make sure you pad each ornament carefully to protect the ornament from breaking during storage.
4. Tree lights are a great addition to any tree. Be careful that the bulb does not rest against a branch or leaves. Fires are a concern especially during the holidays.
5. Before stringing the lights test the strand by plugging them onto an outlet. Changing a light bulb is much easier when the light strand is on the floor. Start stringing your lights from the very top of the tree. Plan the placement so you are close to an outlet and can plug the Christmas lights into the electrical outlet.
6. Proper Christmas light storage can save hours of frustration. Just wind the lights around a piece of cardboard or an empty can. This way the lights won't become a tangled mess. The cardboard also keeps the wires straight which decreases breakage.
7. Starting from the bottom of your tree, hang the larger ornaments. Then gradually add the smaller ones hanging them all around the tree. If you have young children or pets you may want to hang ornaments a little higher to prevent damage to the ornaments.
8. Think about how a tree looks after a snow and ice storm. Most of the ice and snow is towards the outside of the tree. Do the same with your Christmas tree tinsel. Apply most of it toward the ends of the branch
9. You want your ornaments to shine and compliment your tree. So rather than just putting every ornament you own on the tree, pick and choose the ones your want. This way every ornament has its own special place.
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