Need a little help getting that Christmas Tree wrapped up and put away for the year?!

So sad Christmas is over and moving on into the most depressing time of year with not many holidays to look forward to having work off to spend time with my kiddos. Well as I was putting my tree away this year. I thought I would reach out to share the most amazing way we store our Christmas Tree every year. 

The best part about this trick is #1- I leave all my Christmas Tree lights on my tree every year. Let me repeat that, I leave all my lights on my tree and don't have to re-wrap my 30+ strands every year. LOVE IT!! It also ends up being crazy skinny after you are done wrapping it. Then last, but not least it keeps your tree from getting dusty while being stored for the year. 

Note with doing this to my tree I chose to update my Christmas lights after 6 years only because I felt like they were just getting worn out and not as bright anymore.  

To start go to Home Depot or Lowe's and buy the large roll of plastic wrap. Not very expensive and you can use it tons of times and for all different kinds of things. We have used this to wrap our floor when moving in or during construction to keep the dirt and mess off my carpet. It peels right up and made my carpet clean! 

Then start at the top of the tree as shown below. You will need two people to wrap the tree as tight as possible and make it easy. My husband holds the top few branches straight up. I then start wrapping the branches together by going around in a circle. 

My husband then folds up the tree row by row once I have wrapped the row above with plastic. I just keep doing circles around the tree while making sure to keep the branches tight while I am wrapping them. 

This is a good picture of what the plastic wrap looks like. (above)

This is a picture of what someone holding the plastic and wrapping it around the tree as the other person pushes up a layer of branches. (above picture)

Here is what the final product looks like. Awesome right!!!