Properly Store Your Decorations for Reuse
Properly storing your Christmas lights and ornaments is both an art and a science. When the holiday is over, the lazy will simply toss everything into a box in the garage, but this risks breaking ornaments and bulbs and leaving light strands hopelessly tangled in knots.
By taking a few extra minutes at the end of the season to properly store your Christmas cheer, you not only save yourself time next year, but also minimize the risk of needing to buy new decorations.
If you don’t want to invest in an ornament storage container, you can make one with a variety of items you find around the house. Good Housekeeping suggests using an egg carton or plastic apple containers to separate breakable ornaments. The goal is to find something to use as dividers so the glass ornaments don’t chip when they accidentally knock into each other.
There are a number of hacks to store Christmas lights, as well. Martha Stewart suggests wrapping light strands around flat cardboard or paper towel rolls. Cut slits in the cardboard and secure with zip ties. You can also recycle items like Pringles cans for storage and reuse tissue paper or bubble wrap for safekeeping.
