How To Untangle Christmas Tree Lights

Christmas is a wonderful time of year, with thoughts of decorating, the warm fuzzies and lots and lots of lights, until you realize that you need to untangle those beautiful christmas tree lights. Untangling christmas lights can ruin a great day of decorating with your family, I know I've been there.

Before you start, plug in the lights and make sure that the lights are working properly, we learned this from experience and it was not pretty! You will also be able to see if any bulbs need to be replaced and if the lights are not working properly, you will know before you use them, saving time and frustration

Get comfy and have a work area that you are able to spread your christmas light string out. Have a cold drink near by as this can be time consuming and sometimes frustrating.

Start by winding the the strings on your arm, being careful not to pull on any bulbs or loosing any of the bulbs while unwinding the tangled strings. If you loosen the bulbs, your lights will not work when you put them up.

Now that you have untangled your Christmas tree lights on your arm, you have an untangled coil, you just have to remember to put them away in a coil to avoid untangling your Christmas tree lights next year!

To avoid untangling your Christmas tree lights next year, when you are removing the lights, wrap them on your arm when you are taking the lights down and secure with a tie in the middle, or wrap the light around a piece of cardboard. If you saved the box, use the cardboard that came with your lights and replace the lights back into the original box.

There are also motorized and manual coils that are specifically made to put your Christmas tree lights on, so next year they are already untangled and ready for use. When decorating time comes around, you will be able to plug the lights in to make sure they are working and use them without having to untangle them

If all else fails, you could even buy and artificial pre-lit Christmas Tree, but that would take the fun out it!

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