Tips for Storing Your Artificial Christmas Tree
Once the Christmas season has come and gone, your artificial Christmas trees must be taken down and put away properly. However, how soon should you take these artificial Christmas trees down? How should you wrap the ornaments? How should you store the tree? These are all things that you need to address when the Christmas season is over.
In terms of how soon should you take down your artificial Christmas trees, there are various thoughts on this. You will find that the old saying is that you should not take this tree down until after the New Year. This trend is meant to bring you good luck. The idea is that if you take these artificial Christmas trees before the New Year are bringing bad luck on themselves in the new year. Is this true or not? Probably not, but this is just another one of those superstitions like if you break a mirror and have seven years of bad luck. So, you should take this tree down when you are ready to take it down.
Why Opt for an Artificial Christmas Tree Over a Real Tree?
For those who are going to reuse their ornament next year, which is what most people do, be sure that you have invested in some storage boxes for these ornaments. You will find that they make these specifically for ornaments with individual compartments to keep these ornaments safe. You will then want to wrap these in packing paper…avoid newspaper as the ink can rub off onto these ornaments which can affect the way they look when you take them out next Christmas.
To store the tree, you will find that you can use the original box that this tree came in. If for some odd reason that you cannot, you will find that they make Christmas tree storage bags that are meant to store this tree easily. Simply take this tree apart and store this in the container. Then, you need to make sure that you are storing this in an area that does not get too hot or wet, as these two elements can affect your tree’s life!
Overall, when the Christmas season ends, go about putting the items away as you see fit. If you want to wait until the middle of January, then this is your prerogative. If you want to put these items away before the end of the year, then go ahead. It is completely up to you, just take your time so that these items can be used again next year.