Tree Construction Continued
Now it's time to warm up the glue gun and stretch out the lights.  I have found it best to start attaching the lights at the base from the end with the wall plug.  The first course is attached about 3/4 of an inch from the bottom.  This allows room to run the garland around below the first course of lights.  The remainder of the lights are attached at 3/4 inch intervals all the way to the top.  Depending on how much slack is left in the wire as the lights are attached you will most likely have a short length of lights left that I feed down into the middle of the frame.
Now it's time to attach the garland.  I also tack the first course of the garland with hot glue to each leg of the frame.  The remainder of the garland is placed between each course of lights and is held in place by the lights.  Depending on your garland selection you can use either solid color lights or the multi-color.  This is where your creativity gets to participate.   Once you are finished you can decorate your tree with miniature ornaments.
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