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    Holiday Hacks: Easy Solutions to Simplify the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
    Holiday Hacks: Easy Solutions to Simplify the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
    Holiday Hacks: Easy Solutions to Simplify the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
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    Holiday Hacks: Easy Solutions to Simplify the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

    By Keith Bradford

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    Streamline and simplify your holiday season with this comprehensive guide filled with quick tips, easy hacks, and fun DIY project ideas—all designed for the most wonderful time of the year!

    While the holidays are a joyous time to spend with family and friends, we all know they can quickly become a hassle if you’re not prepared. Holiday Hacks gives you expert tips and pointers to celebrate in style—while getting the presents wrapped and sorted, the food beautifully prepared, and the decorations on point—all with a minimum of stress!

    Holiday Hacks includes over 600 handy tips for everything holiday-related—from how to fill your house with a festive cinnamon scent, to soothing those holiday headaches, to an easy and delicious hot chocolate hack using Nutella and milk. There’s even advice about ornament storage—egg cartons are a great way to keep your small and delicate ornaments safe in their yearly hibernation—so you’ll be ready to go when the holidays roll around again next year!
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon & Schuster
    Release dateOct 2, 2018
    ISBN9781507208588
    Holiday Hacks: Easy Solutions to Simplify the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
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    Keith Bradford

    Keith Bradford is the sole owner and webmaster of Bradford Media, which publishes 1000 Life Hacks, Yup That Exists, and many other blogs/sites. Since its launch at the beginning of 2013, Bradford Media has gained a collective readership of more than 200,000, and continues to grow each and every day. He’s the author of Life Hacks, College Hacks, and Holiday Hacks. Keith lives in Aurora, Canada, and loves hockey, making music, and reading comic books.

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      Introduction

      It’s the most wonderful time of the year! And the most hectic, expensive, and stressful time of the year too! A season filled with long shopping lists, tangled lights, over-sugared children, bickering relatives, crowded malls, and sky-high expectations. Well, not to worry—Holiday Hacks is here to help.

      Between these pages we’ve collected more than six hundred hacks to help you get your holiday in line and simplify all of the tasks that come between you and a peaceful celebration, so you can enjoy your holiday to the fullest. We’ve gathered secret tips and shortcuts to prepare for the holiday, decorate your house, cook your holiday dinner, host a gathering for family and friends, and then pack it all up and hit the New Year running.

      The hacks in this book are broken down into chapters centered on certain themes—like food and drinks, shopping, and the holiday aftermath—to help lead you through the season, so you can read the section where you need the most help or just flip to any page for a quick fix. Whatever you need help with, we’ve got you covered, so turn to any page and start improving your holidays (and your sanity!) right now!

      Chapter 1

      Deck the Halls

      1. Trying to put holiday lights up on bricks? Use a hot glue gun to fasten them on. The glue won’t damage the brick, and you can rip the lights off in seconds at the end of the season.

      2. Your festive holiday candles will burn longer and drip less on your tablecloth if they are placed in the freezer a few hours before you use them.

      3. Use some binder clips to help secure your outdoor lights to the roof.

      4. Make the perfect place card holders for your guests out of candy canes! Put glue down the stick side of one candy cane and attach a second cane to it, stick to stick, so the hooks face away from each other. Add more glue and attach a third cane in the back for stability. Turn the canes upside down so the hook sections are on the table, and lay the place card in the curve of the hooks.

      5. Don’t have the time to decorate the outside of your house this year? Try using a laser projector. You can create your own festive designs, and the projector covers the entire house.

      6. When shoveling snow to make room for all your decorations, spray your shovel with nonstick cooking spray before you go out. The snow will slide off easily, making shoveling a breeze.

      7. Draw some snowflakes or festive designs on your windows using a hot glue gun. It’s super easy to draw with, and the glue is even easier to remove.

      8. Get a perfect-looking front porch by using a broom to clear the snow rather than a shovel.

      Ten Ways to Keep Your House Warm This Holiday Without Running Up Your Heating Bill

      9. Leave your oven door open after you cook.

      10. Open the curtains when the sun is out.

      11. Use quilts instead of curtains—the thicker, the better.

      12. Light some candles. Not only do they set a festive mood, but they’ll also warm up the surrounding area.

      13. Cut open a tube of pipe insulation or a pool noodle vertically, and attach the pieces to the bottom of your doors. This will help seal in heat and keep the frosty air out.

      14. Put your ceiling fan on low and run it counterclockwise (in reverse). Hot air rises, so this will help evenly distribute the heat.

      15. Insulate yourself with a layer of running tights or pantyhose.

      16. Close the doors to rooms you’re not using. This will help keep the heat in one area.

      17. Put a layer of tinfoil on the wall across from your wall-mounted radiator or heater. The heat will bounce back and fill the room better.

      18. Place some rugs, carpeting, or old quilts over your floor.

      19. Wrapping paper getting crinkly and messy? Grab an old wine crate from your local wine store for a simple wrapping paper holder. The deep compartments that used to hold the wine bottles will hold your paper perfectly.

      20. Easily run lights down your railings by attaching them with zip ties.

      21. The best Christmas fire starter: grab all that built-up lint from your dryer, stuff it into an old toilet paper roll, and wrap it in wax paper.

      22. Fill your shoe trays with some pebbles before putting guests’ wet boots or shoes on them. This allows the water to drain away easily and gives the boots a quicker drying period.

      23. Don’t burn yourself trying to light those hard-to-reach, burned-down candles. Light a piece of raw spaghetti and use it to light the wicks.

      24. Trying to hang up a decoration but the screw is stripped? Place a rubber band over the screwdriver head and try again. The rubber will fill in the gaps, making it easy to screw in or out.

      25. Make your house smell amazing and festive this season by boiling some orange peels with 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon and about 4–5 cups of water over medium heat.

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