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Annie Collyer

Don't throw it out! These 3 items always end up in the trash, but experts say you can use them to store your Christmas lights instead

Tangled fairy lights.

I love decorating for Christmas — mulled wine in hand, Holiday music blasting, and a festive candle burning. Undecorating for Christmas? I'm not as much of a fan. It causes me mild stress, especially when dealing with those pesky decorations that are really hard to store.

I'm mostly talking about Christmas lights, which are just renowned for being a total pain. I used to wrap mine around my hand and lay them neatly in my Christmas basket, or place them into one of my stockings and hope for the best the following year, but somehow, they always come out tangled.

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