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Fortunately, there are many ways to save time and make the holiday sea- son more manageable. • If you don't have plastic clips to hang lights around windows and to the eaves of your home, inexpensive clothespins will work just as well. If you're concerned about the color of the wood- en clips, paint them holiday hues before stringing the lights. • Put a bath mat, rug- side down and rubber-side up, beneath your Christ- mas tree stand. This allows you to spin the tree as you hang lights and ornaments without damaging the floor underneath. It also makes it simple to undress the tree once the season is over. Use a tree skirt to hide the mat. • Squeeze artificial tree portions into concrete form tubes. First wrap the tree portions in twine and then slip them into the concrete sleeves. Each tube can be stowed in attic or garage rafters, freeing up precious space. • Use empty squirt bot- tles to make baking and cooking easier. Pancake and cookie batters can be squirted from the contain- ers for less mess. • Store one or two strings of lights in a plastic shopping bag to keep the strands from getting tan- gled. Hang the bags from a hook in a garage or stack them in a storage bin. • Use plastic zip ties to attach garland and lights to ban- nisters. They're easy to assem- ble and will not damage the ban- nisters. • A paper towel holder can be screwed to the wall in a craft room to neatly hold spools of ribbon. Simply pull the length you need from the spool and cut for easy decorating. • Mount a tree stand to a piece of wood with screws or glue. This prevents spills from reaching the floor while stabilizing the tree. • Old maps make interesting gift wrap and are a nice change of pace from commercially produced paper or newsprint. • Wrap duct tape or another type of sticky tape around your hand. Pat over fallen pine needles that accumulate around the tree. In hard-to-reach areas, wrap the tape around a broom or a floor sweeper. • When traveling for the holi- days, use a brightly colored suit- case or flashy tape to make your suitcase stand out from others at the airport. • Place hardened brown sug- ar in a baking dish, cover it with a moist paper towel and either micro- wave it on high for 20 -second inter- vals or place it in a 300 F oven for five minutes. This will soften the sugar, making it easier to use the sugar to prepare your favorite hol- iday cookie recipes. • Save plastic bread ties, which can be used to make tags for the wires on certain devices. Such ties also can be used to organize dec- orating components and to keep your place on a roll of tape. • Measure the inside of your pic- ture window and construct a wood- en frame to its dimensions. Staple holiday lights to the frame and then easily slip the frame in and out of place each year. • Hang a live wreath or some boughs of evergreen in your home to give it that fresh pine scent if you have an artificial tree. • Color-code storage containers so you can easily find holiday dec- orations in the attic or basement. • Pack for a holiday excursion using a collapsible clothing stor- age hanger for closets. Fold clothes on each fabric shelf and then col- lapse it into your suitcase. When you get to your destination, unfold and hang it in a closet so all of your clothes will be at the ready. Make the holidays even more en- joyable with a variety of timesavers and clever tips. GIFT THE That Keeps on Giving! 812-354-8500 Subscriptions make great Christmas gifts! Local subscriptions are just $27/year. The Press-Dispatch pping Press-Dispatch WITH THE The Press-Dispatch Shopping Wednesday, November 11, 2015 A-7