How To Set Up Your Christmas Tree

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If you put up an artificial tree in your house each Christmas, there will not be a whole lot you will have to worry about as far as "how to set up your tree," as you simply need to put it in the same spot every year and stick the branches in, but if you instead go with a natural tree (and if you are the kind of person who cannot imagine doing anything different!), it will be beneficial for you to make sure you know the steps you should take to set up your Christmas tree the right way.

Of course, the first step will be buying a Christmas tree, and the most important things as far as this goes is that you go shopping for the tree early enough that you will have a good selection, and that you make sure you get the right size; generally, you should go within a week or two of Thanksgiving to make sure you get a good selection, and you should know the dimensions of the room in which you are going to be putting the tree before you go out and buy one!

You should consider cutting off the bottom inch or so of the trunk once you get the tree home, as it may have sealed itself off during the drive home, and then - when you put the tree in your house - you will want to make sure the tree is set up in such a way that it will be easy for you to water on a daily basis; one trick to keep in mind is to mix sugar in with the water the first time you water the tree as well, as this will help the tree to start drinking water again.

And when you decorate the tree, you will want to make sure you do so in the proper order; although you may keep your tree more simple than this, this is the order in which you will want to decorate (skipping over whichever ones you do not add to your tree): lights, garland, ornaments, ribbons, and of course, at the end, the star on top!

Every year you decorate your tree, of course, you will get better at doing so - until you are eventually an expert and can set up your tree perfectly every single Christmas!