It’s almost time to get your home looking festive. Which means dragging the dusty old box of decorations out of the attic.
And it wouldn’t be Christmas if you didn’t spend the first three hours of decorating untangling your Christmas lights, until you’re almost driven mad.
Luckily, one woman has devised a super useful, time-saving hack which will mean you’ll never have to lose your mind unravelling those pesky cables again.
It couldn’t be simpler.
Chelsea young uses an empty cardboard toilet roll to prevent her Christmas tree lights from tangling up every year.
The 21-year-old says she loves setting up her Christmas tree, but hates untangling jumbled up fairy lights so much that she would often buy new ones because of it.
But, Chelsea, who’s a mum-of-two, made the connection that her headphones never get tangled because she had always wrapped them around her mobile – so she thought to try to do the same with her Christmas lights.
Last year, she found an empty cardboard toilet roll and wrapped her lights around it before putting the whole thing safely away in storage.
This year, she unpacked her old Christmas lights to found they were good as new, and she was able to easily unroll them around the tree – tangle-free.
‘I got fed up with spending time untangling lights when I just want to get the tree decorated stress free so it’s enjoyable,’ says Chelsea.
‘Sometimes you accept defeat and go buy more and the cost will mount up in time.
‘I used to wrap my headphones around my phone and they’d never tangle so I thought I’d give the empty kitchen roll a go and if it works then great and if not try something else the following year.
‘I saved myself at least an hour or two untangling them.
‘Trying to do that alongside two small children who have me running back and forth keeping them entertained whilst I get it done can be time consuming.’
Chelsea shared another tip for making the decorating process as stress-free as possible.
She suggested wrapping your Christmas tree with cling film with the fairy lights still attached, and simply unwrapping it the following year – saving time and effort of having to reassemble the decorations.
Chelsea added: ‘Saves the fuss and time of trying to wrap and unwrap them round the tree each year.’
We are definitely trying this one.
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source https://metro.co.uk/2019/11/25/mum-reveals-clever-hack-stop-christmas-tree-lights-getting-tangled-11214196/
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