{"id":2365,"date":"2018-12-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-07T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/uncategorised\/weve-been-hanging-christmas-tree-lights-wrong-whole-time\/"},"modified":"2018-12-07T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-12-07T00:00:00","slug":"weve-been-hanging-christmas-tree-lights-wrong-whole-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/lifestyle\/weve-been-hanging-christmas-tree-lights-wrong-whole-time\/","title":{"rendered":"We\u2019ve been hanging Christmas tree lights wrong this whole time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So apparently we\u2019ve been hanging Christmas tree lights wrong this whole time<\/p>\n<p>We do not like this one bit<\/p>\n<p>Hanging lights on your Christmas tree is the real nightmare before Christmas.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>All of those tangled coils and there\u2019s always ONE little light that\u2019s bust and disrupts the circuit so you sit there for ages trying to figure out which sucker has ruined the fun.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s stressful, sure, but can also be a lot of fun.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And hey, having fairy lights on your tree sure makes it look pretty.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But we have a question for you: how do you hang your lights on your tree?<\/p>\n<p>Probably wrapped around the branches like a normal person right?<\/p>\n<p>Right.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>From top to bottom yes?<\/p>\n<p>YES.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Well what if we told you you\u2019ve been doing it wrong this whole time?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"259\" width=\"443\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%;\" class=\"media-element file-media-original nova-lazyload-image-wrapper lz-cont img-responsive\" data-delta=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/dr_phill_wtf-3.gif\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/p>\n\n<p>According to American design and entertaining expert (yes, that\u2019s his official title) Francesco Bilotto, Christmas trees should be hung VERTICALLY.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As in rows draping DOWN from the top of the tree.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"788\" width=\"1400\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%;\" class=\"media-element file-default nova-lazyload-image-wrapper lz-cont img-responsive\" data-delta=\"2\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/today_show_vertical_xmas_tree_lights-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>???????&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Believe us, we\u2019re just as outraged.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But Francesco swears by this method, telling <a href=\"https:\/\/www.housebeautiful.com\/entertaining\/holidays-celebrations\/news\/a7580\/hang-christmas-lights-vertically\/\" target=\"_top\">House Beautiful<\/a> that it ensures the lights won\u2019t get lost in the branches and \u201cEvery tip of your tree, from branch to branch, will winkle with delight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re all for delightful twinkles but this just feels WRONG.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And we might hate it, but half the fun is tangling up the lights when pulling them off the tree so they\u2019re ready for us to de-tangle again a year later.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t mess with our Christmas vibe Francesco.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"281\" width=\"500\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%;\" class=\"media-element file-media-original nova-lazyload-image-wrapper lz-cont img-responsive\" data-delta=\"3\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/elf_throne_of_lies-3.gif\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Images: Elf \/ Warner Bros, Today Show, Giphy \/ Giphy.<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We do not like this one bit<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":2369,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[201,215],"tags":[],"geo_market":[],"class_list":["post-2365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - 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