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Save the paper sleeves from new light bulbs for storing glass Christmas ornaments.

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If space allows, carefully cover your fully decorated artificial Christmas tree with a plastic bag and store in a spare room until next year to save time.

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Make Christmas more exciting by placing a small present to the side of each plate at your Christmas Eve dinner to set the mood for Christmas Day.

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Placing Christmas and other holiday cards in a scrapbook allows you to easily revisit holidays of the past and take a trip down memory lane.

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Tip #4,034 • 1 person found helpful

Make decorative Christmas stockings look full by stuffing with plastic grocery bags.

Tip #3,086 • 9 people found helpful

Help a live Christmas tree acclimate to the indoors by first keeping it in a garage or enclosed porch for a few days before bringing inside.

Tip #341 • 22 people found helpful

Reuse a live Christmas tree by replanting it if it has a root ball or if not, use a chipper to grind it into mulch.

Tip #2,649 • 15 people found helpful

Use paper tubes from paper towels or gift wrap to organize Christmas lights. Just fold the lights and slide into the tube.

Tip #262 • 21 people found helpful

For an easy Christmas gift, take a small (approx. 6") pine wreath and wrap it diagonally with a miniature Christmas garland of resin figures and tie off where ends meet. Add a long ribbon tied in a bow as a means to hang.

Tip #1,954 • 16 people found helpful

Recycle your Christmas tree by mulching it for gardening.

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Tip #1,333 • 15 people found helpful

Keep your live Christmas tree green and full of needles longer by filling the stand with the following: 1/2 cup corn syrup, 2 tablespoons bleach, enough hot water to dissolve the corn syrup and enough cold water to fill the stand. Read More

Tip #1,222 • 14 people found helpful

Keep a list of people you want to send Christmas cards to on your computer. As you receive cards, continue to add people to your list for next year.

Tip #1,135 • 14 people found helpful

Have a holiday baking party with friends. Everyone picks a recipe and by the end of the day you can each take home a variety of holiday goodies.

Tip #1,983 • 13 people found helpful

Have a couple of inches cut from the trunk of your Christmas tree before putting it in water. It will be able to take in water better and stay nicer longer.

Tip #843 • 13 people found helpful

With a live Christmas tree, put a ping pong ball (or other floating object) in the water. You'll be able to see the water level without getting a branch in your eye.

Tip #1,365 • 12 people found helpful

Reuse Christmas cards by cutting the card in half (along the fold) and writing a nice thank you note on the back of the picture side. Send in an envelope to the very person who sent the card in the first place.

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Tip #846 • 12 people found helpful

At the end of the season, cut out the cute images on the Christmas cards you received and use them as gift tags next Christmas.

Tip #1,775 • 11 people found helpful

Use egg cartons to store small Christmas ornaments.

Tip #1,667 • 11 people found helpful

Use boxes from Christmas gifts (particularly clothes boxes) to store your christmas tree ornaments.

Tip #1,154 • 11 people found helpful

Keep Christmas lights from tangling by crumpling newspaper in a long rope and wrapping the lights around it.

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