How To Decorate Your Christmas Tree According To Science
December 04, 2015
So you’ve bought your artificial Christmas tree (or got it down from the loft) and now comes the best part - the decorating.
Now you could just sling all the Christmas decorations on in some kind of haphazard fashion, and there’s plenty of fun to be had doing that, but we thought we’d try and come up with some kind of scientific way of decorating your tree to ensure it looks as good as it possibly can.
Note: We’re going to use a 7ft Woodland Pine Tree (shown below) as the basis for everything as that’s one of our best sellers so is obviously quite popular.
Where to position your Christmas tree
Where you position your tree is incredibly important. You can’t just put it anywhere; careful thought has to go into its exact position. Here are a few things to consider…- Heat - if you have a real tree then you’ll want to avoid direct sources of heat as the tree can dry out. With any kind of tree you’ll want to keep it away from radiators so the tree doesn’t stop the heat warming the house.
- Light - Similarly, you won’t want your tree blocking light sources, whether lamps or windows.
- View - Obviously you don’t want your realistic Christmas tree hidden away so position it somewhere easily viewable from as many angles and doorways as possible.
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