How to Untangle Christmas Lights

Christmas is a wonderful time of year, withNow that you have untangled your Christmas
thoughts of decorating, the warm fuzzies and lotstree lights on your arm, you have an untangled
and lots of lights, until you realize that you needcoil, you just have to remember to put them
to untangle those beautiful Christmas tree lights.away in a coil to avoid untangling your Christmas
Untangling Christmas lights can ruin a great day oftree lights next year!
decorating with your family, I know I've beenTo avoid untangling your Christmas tree lights
there.next year, when you are removing the lights,
Before you start, plug in the lights and make surewrap them on your arm when you are taking the
that the lights are working properly, we learnedlights down and secure with a tie in the middle, or
this from experience and it was not pretty! Youwrap the light around a piece of cardboard. If you
will also be able to see if any bulbs need to besaved the box, use the cardboard that came with
replaced and if the lights are not working properly,your lights and replace the lights back into the
you will know before you use them, saving timeoriginal box.
and frustrationThere are also motorized and manual coils that
Get comfy and have a work area that you areare specifically made to put your Christmas tree
able to spread your Christmas light string out.lights on, so next year they are already untangled
Have a cold drink near by as this can be timeand ready for use. When decorating time comes
consuming and sometimes frustrating.around, you will be able to plug the lights in to
Start by winding the the strings on your arm,make sure they are working and use them
being careful not to pull on any bulbs or loosingwithout having to untangle them. If all else fails,
any of the bulbs while unwinding the tangledyou could even buy and artificial pre-lit Christmas
strings. If you loosen the bulbs, your lights will notTree, but that would take the fun out it!
work when you put them up.