If you have an artificial Christmas tree, you know that it takes up a lot of storage space. Here’s a great idea. Use a cardboard tubes (you can buy them from post offices). Wrap each layer of the tree in twine and store half the tree layers in one tube and half in the other.

Mark the layer numbers on each tube and stow the tubes in your garage rafters.

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