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Keeping Your Live Tree Hydrated
If you have a live tree at Christmas you will want to make sure that your Christmas tree is kept well watered. If you don't want to worry about checking the water level of your tree daily and watering it daily using a watering can, you may wish to invest in a cool little accessory known as a Christmas tree waterer.
For less than $30, you can buy a waterer that resembles Santa Claus' boots and attach it to your tree stand by placing the probe or tubing into the Christmas tree stand and setting the cute little pair of boots next to the tree, fill the boots with water and squeeze an item on the tubing that starts the water flow. Once this is done, you will not have to worry about keeping your tree watered for ten days.
You can also purchase a Christmas tree waterer that resembles a Christmas present. Guests to your home will never know the cute little boots or package is actually the item that is keeping your fresh Christmas tree well watered. You can find waterers such as these online at select Christmas merchants.
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Pre-Lit Artificial Christmas Trees
Bronners.com Tip: Every year it may feel like the same old thing. You drag out your artificial Christmas tree and find the big box of lights that you must wrap around the tree again and again. Don't forget that you most likely will need more than one string of lights, so you must be able to access the end of the light string to plug it into a new set of lights. Most people would agree that this is a time consuming task and perhaps the least favorite part of decorating the Christmas tree.
If you are one of those people, have you thought about purchasing a pre-lit artificial Christmas tree? Yes, artificial Christmas trees actually come with the lights already on them, so you don't have to do any of the light stringing yourself! You can even choose from clear or multi-colored lights. That's right, the grunt work is done for you! Simply follow the directions for putting up your artificial pre-lit Christmas tree, and plug it in! You will have a beautiful, sparkling Christmas tree in no time flat! Forget having to unwind endless string of lights, forget having to walk around and around the Christmas tree while you string the lights on it. You simply put the tree together and plug it in!
Most trees come directly from the artificial Christmas tree factory where an expert installs the lights. Your pre-lit artificial Christmas tree should also be flame retardant, make sure you check on the box before purchasing.
Artificial trees are also great because they don't create the same mess as real trees with falling pine needles and they don't need to be watered.
Lighting your Christmas tree has never been so easy! You can purchase a pre-lit Christmas tree in many different sizes for various prices at many different retail and online stores.
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Scents of Your Tree
If you have an artificial Christmas tree and you are longing for something that will remind you of that fresh evergreen smell you get with a live Christmas tree, you can actually purchase a scent that will liven up that artificial Christmas tree. You may even fool your friends into thinking that artificial tree is actually a real one.
One way to add a fresh evergreen scent to your Christmas tree is to purchase a special Christmas ornament that actually has a pomander that continuously releases a fresh evergreen scent into the air. For about $13, this little ornament can be yours at participating online retailers.
You can also purchase an artificial tree and room spray. You can spray this scent onto your artificial tree and throughout your home to get that great Christmas tree smell in every room. Sprays such as these cost about $10 and are a really good idea for anyone who wants the smell of a fresh tree without the mess that can potentially come with one! Scents for your home and tree are found at retail stores and online.
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Outdoor Lighted Shapes
Bronners.com Tip: Outdoor Christmas lights are certain to brighten any night during Christmas time. Besides outdoor Christmas lights, you can also decorate your yard with outdoor-lighted shapes. These outdoor-lighted shapes are sure to impress your neighbors and anyone driving by.
There are many ways to add Christmas cheer to your neighborhood with outdoor lights. Strings of miniature lights, C-7s and C-9s, LED, net and rope lights and lighted blow molded plastic figures and pathways lights are all available to add to sparkle to your home.
Outdoor-lighted shapes are just what they sound like. A wire-framed shape that is outlined in lights so that in the dark people looking at it can tell what the shape is thanks to the lights around it. You can find outdoor-lighted shapes in the shape of the Nativity, to a wire-framed Shepherd tending his flock, a wire-framed Christmas tree or a wire-framed snowman. These outdoor-lighted Christmas decorations are easy to set up also, simply insert them into the ground with the attached stakes and enjoy your new Christmas decoration!
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Christmas Decoration Storage
Are you like many people who have tons and tons of Christmas decorations that you set out each year to make your house festive? Do you have boxes full of Christmas decorations? Are you using old cardboard boxes for storing these decorations? You may want to try some of the following tips to keep your Christmas decorations stored well and easy to access as the years pass.
One thing to remember is that many retail stores and chain stores sell plastic totes specifically around Christmas time. These plastic totes are often colored in Christmas colors of green or red. If you purchase some of these storage totes, you will know immediately upon glancing at them in your storage area that those are your Christmas decorations. This will save you from having to dig through clear colored or other plastic totes to look for Christmas decorations each year. Instead, you can simply look for all the totes that are colored green or red and know you have found your Christmas decorations.
You may also want to put a detailed list of what is stored in each box on the outside of the tote. This will save you time when you get each tote out, instead of rifling through each tote trying to see what is packed in it, you can read the outside list.
It is a good idea not to store your precious Christmas decorations in a cardboard box, because if you store them in a basement or a garage, you run the risk of little critters gnawing their way through the cardboard. Your decorations will also remain safe from any type of water damage in a plastic tote, because unlike cardboard that absorbs water, a plastic tote will repel it. Just make sure to keep the lid tightly closed on all plastic totes that you store Christmas decorations in and expect to pay anywhere from $5 to $15 depending on the size of the tote you purchase.
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Miniature Christmas Lights
Bronners.com Tip: Who doesn't like Christmas lights at Christmas time? You can hang them on your tree, string them on your fireplace mantle, drape them around a banister, hang them on the outside of your home and even string them along posts or a fence outside. Christmas lights can decorate almost anything you can think of.
Many people who put up Christmas lights, especially indoors, prefer to use miniature lights. Miniature lights are a great way to save energy at the same time making your home look amazing for Christmas. Because these lights are smaller, they require less energy to use, so they are economical to boot!
Miniature Christmas lights come in all sorts of colors. You can choose clear, pink, red, blue, green, purple, orange and even light sets that have a variety or colors dispersed throughout them. These miniature Christmas lights usually can be found in strings of 50 lights or strings of 100 lights that range in price from $5 to $8 or a bit more. Christmas lights can be found online at sites, such as Bronners.com.
Christmas lights aren't just for Christmas anymore, either. They make for great decorations year-round on patios, porches, decks, arbors, even camping trailers and motorhomes. LED lights are another new trend in all sizes and shapes.
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Christmas Car Magnets
You can dress up your mailbox at Christmas, you can dress up the inside of your house and the outside with Christmas decorations and even your trees get pretty twinkling lights to spruce them up. What about your car? Doesn't your car deserve to send a holiday greeting or get in on the holiday spirit as well?
If you want to include your car in your holiday decorating, why not slap a Christmas magnet on the outside of it and call it decorated? But wait, these aren't your ordinary small magnets you put on your fridge, these magnets are made especially for cars, called car magnets. The great news about these car magnets is that they are made from a special material, which won't fade from sunlight or other weather extremes.
Christmas car magnets are about seven inches tall and five inches wide and come in a few Christmas themed magnets just for your car. One Christmas car magnet is that of the Nativity. This black and white car magnet has a beaming North Star, the Holy Family and the words "Merry Christmas" in black and white.
You can also choose a "Joy" car magnet for Christmas as well. The words "Joy" are written in bold red colors with a Nativity scene and the North Star set within the letter O in the word "Joy."
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Jim Shore Collectibles
Bronners.com Tip: If you want to add some country charm to your Christmas, try adding a collectible by Jim Shore. Jim Shore used growing up in the south as the brainchild behind his Jim Shore Heartwood Creek collectibles. Each Jim Shore carved wood resin collectible features wonderful colors that remind you of the country. Jim Shore folk art can surely bring a little country to your Christmas.
With over 50 Jim Shore collectibles to choose from at Christmas, the problem will be deciding how many you can afford at purchase time. You can choose from a variety of themes, including angels and snowmen. Do you enjoy collecting Santas each year? Jim Shore has those, too.
Want something a bit more specific? How about a Jim Shore collectible related to someone's profession? Have a Disney fan in the house? Jim Shore even has collectibles with Disney motifs.
