Woman's trick to 'decorate Christmas tree like a professional' divides opinions

10 December 2023 , 07:00

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She has shared her trick on TikTok (stock photo) (Image: Getting Images)

Nothing brings festive cheer into your home like a beautifully decorated tree, and no matter how you decide to decorate it, the experience is always best shared with family and friends. You may have given careful thought and consideration to where each ornament and ribbon would go, but you may not have given much thought into how to hang your baubles.

A TikToker from Florida posted an 11-second video entitled Ornament Hack For Your Christmas Tree detailing the decorating trick on the handle showing you how you’ve been doing it wrong all along. Instead of hanging baubles individually, the ornament hack involves stringing them together in clusters of four or five before attaching them to the Christmas tree.

The video post opens with the words 'Common Mistakes'.The advice 'Don't hang your ornaments like this' then appears along with an image of a single iridescent bauble hanging from a tree. 'Do this instead: Group several ornaments on a piece of pipe cleaner,' it continues, as the decorator strings the baubles together to create a cluster.

The woman places the largest ornament in the centre, with smaller ones either side, incorporating white, silver and gold hues. She then secures the loop by tying the pipe cleaner at the top before positioning it on a tree branch, claiming 'it looks so much better'.

The finished product appears to create a fuller appearance on the Christmas tree. Her distinctive technique has sparked interest among her TikTok followers. One person commended the idea, commenting, 'This is brilliant!'. Numerous viewers flocked to praise the woman for sharing the hack.

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A second agreed, penning: 'Very clever idea.' While another said: 'I'm going to try this! Looks beautiful.' Someone else wrote: 'Such a game changer.' A further person agreed, saying: 'Very nice! That's how I do mine as well. I like a really full tree'

However, others were less impressed and preferred a traditional method of tree decorating. One simply wrote: 'No thanks.' Another explained: 'My tree is full of memories. Ornaments from vacations, or special occasions. It's not about aesthetics.'

Meanwhile, one person quipped: 'Pipe cleaner? Let me just go to the 50s'. And someone else added: 'Who needs that when you have a toddler that wanted to decorate it himself so it is already all bunched.' One viewer, who wished she had watched the video sooner, said: 'I put up my tree yesterday otherwise I would have done this'.

Valerie Browne