How to beautifully hang a garland on a Christmas tree

Before purchasing a garland to decorate a traditional New Year's tree, you need to clearly imagine what effect you want to achieve, which directly depends on the quality and type of decoration you are purchasing. The market provides a wide selection of such products, for example, with incandescent lamps, which are currently used to create a retro style, or LED garlands of various modifications.

Choosing a garland for decoration

Among the LEDs we can highlight:

1. Thread-like, which are the most used, which, in turn, can be in the form of a single thread with LED branches located on it, or formed into a mesh, fringe or curtain.
2. Flexible transparent cords with LEDs inside, used to decorate building facades and decorative compositions on the street, as they are protected from moisture.
3. LED strips are used not only as decorative elements of interior design, but also to implement the function of room lighting.

Manufacturers of Christmas tree decorations recommend calculating the length of the chain with lights at the rate of 500 light bulbs (the number of which is indicated on the packaging) for a 2-meter tree, adding 100 light bulbs for each subsequent 30 centimeters of tree height.

Attention! When making calculations, it should be taken into account that the length indicated on the package also includes the length of the wire without light bulbs.

How to beautifully hang a garland on a Christmas tree

1. The garland is hung on the installed Christmas tree in a vertical position. If you plan to stand the tree in a corner or against a wall, you should immediately think about which side will look more advantageous.
2. The device must be checked before use. To do this, lay the garland on the floor, probe each light bulb and connect it to power to make sure it is working properly.
3. It is hung on the Christmas tree first, before toys, tinsel and rain are hung.

Advice! You need to start decorating the Christmas tree with a chain of multi-colored lights from top to bottom, evenly distributing them in the middle of the paws.

Tips for decorating a Christmas tree with garland

1. Try to illuminate the tree trunk, this will create an aura of mystery, but in this case, flickering garlands will not work.
2. When placing the spruce tree in the center of the room, it is worth using the method of decorating in a circle, starting from the top of the tree, but if the New Year's beauty is moved towards the wall, it would be advisable to arrange the string of light bulbs in the form of a zigzag, mentally imagining a triangle and trying to fill this triangle evenly.
3. If you have a long enough thin thread-like garland with monochrome light bulbs, you can try wrapping each branch of the tree. With this design, you should start from the bottom of the tree, moving in a circle to the top. If one chain runs out, there is a socket at the end of the thread to extend the garland. But! You should not use more than three garlands in one circuit to avoid short circuits or fires.

To prevent the holiday from becoming a tragedy, you should follow safety rules when using electrical appliances.It is worth refusing to purchase a traditional decoration with a power of more than 65 W and with an unreliable plug; it is necessary to correlate the length of the decoration with the height of the tree (see above), and the length of the cord without light bulbs must be at least one and a half meters; Before use, you should check whether the light bulbs are held firmly and whether there is any damage to the wire; Do not overload the power system with a large number of chains.