| How to decorate your home for Christmas | | | | simple as the lights are very pretty with some |
| How much you spend and how many rooms you | | | | having many different settings so you can have |
| decorate is entirely up to you and your family. | | | | different effects. You can also buy fully dressed |
| There are some people who decorate their | | | | Christmas trees too - and for some people these |
| homes within an inch of their lives each year and | | | | are ideal - very quick and instant effort free way |
| create amazing displays for people to come and | | | | of enjoying Christmas. For many people though |
| gaze at. They often do this for charity, and a | | | | dressing the tree is a family event and something |
| cynical person might think that they'd be better | | | | done with pleasure as the decorations are lovingly |
| off giving the money the spend on the increased | | | | unpacked and hung on the branches of the tree. |
| electricity bill to the charity instead. However | | | | Another very simply decoration technique is to |
| some areas tour sheets are available to guide you | | | | hang cards from strings on the walls. This needs |
| round the very best displays at Christmas time. | | | | you to have several cards to hang before you |
| If you want to decorate one room then normally | | | | start otherwise it looks very sad and lonely! |
| it's the lounge so that you can enjoy the | | | | Strings of cards add a lovely seasonal touch to |
| decorations more when you're relaxing. Also with | | | | the home and also make plenty of room for |
| leaving curtains open in the evenings neighbours | | | | cards if you've not got much shelf space. |
| will see your Christmas lights on the tree and | | | | Always be fire safe though and check that any |
| start to enjoy the season too. | | | | electrical items like lights are properly working and |
| What's a good day to put the decorations up? | | | | that cords are not frayed. If in doubt don't use |
| Again it depends on so many things. For most | | | | them without getting them checked out properly, |
| people a weekend in the middle of December is | | | | or thrown away and buy some new ones. |
| as early as it needs to be, but some put the tree | | | | Take care if you have lit candles around the |
| up at the start of the month to ensure they're | | | | home at Christmas too. They should never be left |
| fully in the Christmas mood by the 25th. | | | | unattended. Check your smoke alarm works |
| Many fancy items are available such as nets of | | | | properly too - you should be checking it |
| lights, fibre optic trees and chains of lights to be | | | | throughout the year, but it's good to be extra |
| hung inside and on the tree. This can make life | | | | safe at Christmas. |