Woman's genius Christmas tree trick makes packing it away a complete breeze

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The easy trick takes the hassle out of putting the tree away (Stock Photo) (Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto)
The easy trick takes the hassle out of putting the tree away (Stock Photo) (Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto)

The time has sadly come to start taking all of the Christmas decorations down, and as lovely as they are, boxing them all up is a real pain. But one woman's genius trick means she can do it easily and thee will also be a lot less hassle when she puts it up again next Christmas.

Taking the tree down is nowhere near as fun and festive as putting it up, and most of the time leaves your living room covered in pine needles, a broken bauble or two and a massive pile of lights in a knot. So to save the painstaking ordeal, one savvy Facebook user shared her best trick to avoid the mess.

Taking to the Cleaning Tips and Tricks group, she revealed the genius technique to packing away her artificial Christmas tree. She shared how she had used clingfilm to wrap the branches together, as this frees up extra room in the box to put the lights in too.

The woman wrote: "Christmas tree packed down with enough room in the box for the lights as well... I cling-filmed all the matching branches together for easy assembly next time."

People loved her easy trick, and one Facebook user wrote: "It's a great idea I cling-filmed mine, went in the box so easy," while another added: "I did this, so much room I actually closed the box for first time."

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Another person chimed in and suggested an alternative to clingfilm and commented: "Now my kids have grown up and left home, I just throw a king size duvet cover over mine, still fully decorated and keep it in a spare room until Christmas comes around again, saves me effing and jeffing over tangled lights," and a second penned: "I've used my old leggings only because I didn't have enough clingfilm."

When it comes to taking down your decs, there is a long old debate about when the right time to do so is. According to tradition, decorations should be taken down and put away on January 5, which is commonly thought to be the twelfth night of Christmas Day. However, others argue that it should be January 6, which is known as 'The Feast of Epiphany'. This would be the twelfth night following December 25; a Christian festival marking the night the three wise men first saw baby Jesus and brought him gifts.

Niamh Kirk

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