Ha! That’s why I’ve always tried to stay on good terms with all my neighbors, and especially their children! I’ve seen pictures of some badly “papered” trees and have NO IDEA how I’d clean it up... Get out there with a hose and try to wet it all down so it was too weak to hang onto the branches, I guess... But basically, no idea! I imagine it’d be a lot of trouble.
TP-ing happened to me 20 years ago when my next door neighbor had a son and daughter in high school. I had five large trees in front and they had none.
I think the kids used a twelve-pack of TP. I was using a hose to wet the paper and my neighbor came over, apologized and offered to help because she knew it was intended for one of her kids. I declined her offer and said I was a kid once.
btw... I bought my house 34 years ago. The neighbors had their house built one year later. They are the nicest neighbors I’ve had in my 77 years and a great Black family.
The water hose worked well on the low-hanging TP, but it took a heavy rain to get all that was very high.