subject: Four Tips To Help Your Christmas Ornaments Last A Lifetime [print this page] Christmas decorations have a way of finding a soft spot in the hearts and minds of folks all over. Many people get a few new ornaments year after year, and some hang on to decorations they've accumulated over their lifetime or inherited through the family. The memories made are the one thing that these Christmas ornaments have in common. If you take care to handle them correctly, you'll be able to delight in them for your entire life.
How to Keep your Ornaments Protected While on Display
You should pay particular attention to the way your Holiday decorations are set up if you'll have little ones, canines, or cats around this holiday season. A toppled tree from a lively cat is a guaranteed way to break your ornaments.
Make sure to hang any fragile ornaments towards the top of your tree, rather than on the bottom branches. small children and family pets love to check out and fiddle with anything they can get their hands on, especially sparkly and pretty objects directly at their eye level. You can keep your ornaments safe and gratify inquisitive animals and children by keeping a small assortment of plastic decorations at the bottom of the tree, because they are a great deal more durable and will endure rough hands (and paws). Just make sure the plastic decorations are free from little parts with may fall off and pose a choking hazard.
Something is most likely to break anytime your tree is pulled over. One of the biggest reasons for a toppled Christmas tree is an animal or person falling over wires which are run from the Christmas tree lights to a wall outlet. Because most people don't put their Christmas tree directly next to a power outlet, it results in a number of exposed extension cords that run along the side of a wall or even across the floor. Ensure you wrap all of these cords together and secure them to the baseboards to eliminate the odds of somebody inadvertently tripping over them. A great way to do this is to secure them to the tree stand and tape the remainder to the floor with a heavy-duty tape.
Organize and Store Your Fragile Christmas Ornaments The Correct Way
Nothing is a whole lot worse than taking your ornaments out of storage and realizing one of your treasured pieces is destroyed. Thankfully, there are several steps you can take to provide added security for your most fragile pieces.
It's important to put related items together when packing your ornaments away for the season.
This does not necessarily mean similar in theme; items that are similar in sturdiness, size, and shape must be kept together. By doing this, it's possible to supply extra protection to all the ornaments that need it by way of adding some extra wrapping material or making use of specialized storage containers made to support the unique ornament sizes.
Most of the time, the damage caused to ornaments which are stored away is the fault of the storage container itself. It's getting simpler to find an ideal container for each and every type of ornament you have because of the growing number of storage containers on the market. The main attribute you need to seek out is durability -- though delicate ornaments nearly always come in their own cardboard container, that box is extremely frail and will not last for very long. If you place this box into a second stronger storage container, you will still be able to keep the decoration in its original packaging if that is your wish.
The key to preserving your Christmas memories is simple; just be certain you store and display them properly and your decorations will last as long as the memories they've created.
