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Store Hires 'Christmas Light Untangler'

In case you're stressed about getting ready for Christmas—with all that shopping, cleaning, and getting those Christmas decorations up—at least one company is trying to help. Tesco, a British supermarket company, posted an ad for a new job—a Christmas Light Untangler. The company's website offered the following description for the 36-hour-a-week job: "This new position will offer you the chance to show that every little helps, by running the unique in-store service with a friendly, flexible approach and making a genuine difference to the little things that matter to our customers this Christmas." The first duty includes "[Manning] and managing the Christmas Lights Untangling stand."

Beyond that basic duty Tesco says candidates should be able to untangle 10 feet of Christmas lights in less than three minutes as well as check the bulbs for signs of breakage. The ideal candidate would also "be passionate about Christmas," the posting says. As Tesco says, when it comes to Christmas busyness and stress "Every little helps."

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