Time to start thinking about Christmas Tree and house decorations for the holidays. And  of course, the dreaded Christmas Light mess, or, as I like to call it the “LIGHTMARE”. See how to avoid the mess by clicking on “LIGHTMARE“. So, drag out your boxes, bags, or plastic containers full of tangled up lights and let’s get started. But, how many light do you really need for your tree? This is a good question to ask when you realize some of your tangled up lights no longer work. Believe it or not, there is some guidance. Three websites may help; 1. The national Christmas Tree Growers Association, 2. Planet Christmas, 3. Pick Your Own Christmas Tree.

What they basically say is 100 lights per foot of Christmas tree height. for a 7 foot tree, you would need 700 lights and so on. Personally, I like a bit more twinkly tree and therefore use about 1,000 lights for my 7 foot tree. One year while hanging Christmas lights around my tree, it seemed like I was doing a lot of walking around the tree and didn’t have too many lights. After a little research, I made a shocking discovery! Each manufacturer can place the lights at different intervals on the string. Some are placed 2 and 1/2 inches apart while others are placed 4 inches apart. This means 100 lights could be on a string as little as 24 feet long or up to 50 feet long, which is why I was walking around the tree so much and not seeing enough lights. Pay attention to what you are buying when purchasing Christmas lights. It could save you a lot of time. If time is important, check out STOR’EM at www.christmaslightorganizer.com for a great  tool to help you save time hanging Christmas Lights as well as with your Christmas Light storage.

What can be done? This is a good question as light strings get more expensive and LED lights become more common. The answer is fairly simple, store them properly and they will last much longer. Some of the common Christmas light storage techniques are elbow wrapping, hand wrapping etc. and more commonly shoving them in a box, bag or plastic container as fast as you can after the holiday. Check out the photo’s below. We’re all probably guilty of that at least once or twice, right?! We do that because we don’t have a better way or just want to get it DONE. These kinds of Christmas Light storage actually contribute to the lights breaking prematurley. Stored properly, your lights could have a long life. Fortunately, there is a new product out there called STOR’EM that can be used to properly store Christmas lights, and other holiday decorations, that will make them last a long time. It combines a powered driver and spools eliminating sharp bends or angles, allows for a free hand to carefully wind the lights and is basically a storage container by itself. This device will save a great deal of time hanging Christmas Lights and storing Christmas Lights as well as saving money by increasing the useful life of the light string. It comes with the powered driver and 2 spools (enough for a 7 foot tree) and a connector. So eliminate the “HOLIDAY LIGHTMARE”  and STOR’EM properly.

Avoid the LIGHTMARE. Enter STOR’EM. The newest and best way for Christmas light storage and holiday decoration storage. It’s simple design and operation make for a serious time savings on your holiday light and Christmas decoration projects because it adds a powered driver that not only automates things, it allows for a free hand. These two aspects are totally unique and why you’ll find STOR’EM useful for not only your Christmas Light storage project but also for displaying your Christmas Lights and holiday decorations. Great for mini lights, rope lights, garland, beads extension cords and more.

Inexpensive, easy to use, and very effective make STOR’EMSTOR\’EM Christmas Light Organizer a must have item this holiday season and make it great gift idea.