It takes literal seconds to do and the sides of the collar appear to hold the tree like a basket, creating a beautiful vision of a real, planted Christmas ... Remember to put the tree base down ...

While it may never reach the level of controversy of how to hang the toilet paper roll or which way to load the dishwasher, the right time to put up the Christmas tree is a also heavily debated topic.

Dec. 3 is the ideal date to put up the ol’ tannenbaum, according to experts from the UK-based Christmas Tree World. “Many households like to set up their tree and other festive decorations on ...