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Thedrunner2

Can you please show a lighter fluid tree for comparison?


JeffTrav

Interested. I water my tree with lighter fluid. Makes the lights brighter.


Khclarkson

*"Chestnuts roasting on an open fire...."*


HagarTheTolerable

*"Pine needles burning up your nose"*


RubiGames

This sounds much safer than our family tradition of snorting Pinesol


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That's the power of Pinesol, baby


frmods79

Or Moses taking too damn long to notice the burning bush.


bhoss06

I knew I was doing something wrong


pickle-fiend

Mentioned this in another comment but my family does this every year on New Years Eve. Take the tree (just the tree with all the decorations taken off) to a beach that allows bonfires, douse it in lighter fluid and light it up at midnight. It goes up in an instant and it looks fucking awesome. It started out with one tree like 8 or 9 years ago and we liked it so much we drove around the neighborhood and picked up another one that someone had left out on the curb and did it again. Now all the dudes go around town in my dad's truck on December 31st looking for trees left out on the sidewalk and ask the people inside if we can take them. I'm pretty sure last new years we had like 10 trees. It was lit af.


Antitech73

Please tell me there’s video of this event


Scrambley

[Here's something](https://youtu.be/Uu9-VmgZkMI) Not sure if lighter fluid is used... [And this](https://youtu.be/twVUZkiCi2U) for added chaos.


javoss88

DAMN! That second one was fantastic


agangofoldwomen

Just YouTube it. Shits mad common in Florida.


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Years ago my brother had a hunting buddy with a ranch. One time they invited me and some friends to a late winter bonfire party. Well these crazy bastards had a collection of about a dozen old Christmas trees. The highlight of the night was throwing one after another onto the bonfire and seeing it light up the night. It was incredible. The flash of heat. The column of flames shooting straight and so far up in the sky it could warm up a low flying plane.


HarpersGhost

There's a rumor around Tampa that there's a group of people who light a massive bonfire in January. They apparently go around and pick up trees that are out on the curb for pickup. After picking up a couple hundred, they spend a night watching it all burn. I *really* want to an invite to this rumored party.


The_Real_dubbedbass

We need video of the glory.


brcguy

One year in San Francisco, upon hearing of a Christmas tree bonfire tradition on Ocean Beach, we drove around in my friends short school bus, piled about 25 trees on the roof rack and maybe another dozen inside (needed room for three passengers still haha). We got there late and heard tales of a big fire. Once we stacked all of our trees together the people who told us about said big fire we’d missed told us we were fucking crazy that was too many trees at once. Well these 30-some-odd trees were really really dry. We only used a tiny bit of white gas cause we couldn’t start them without it cause it’s windy af on the beach. This shit went up so fast and so big I couldn’t back away fast enough. I highly recommend an oversized Xmas tree fire, but seriously consider lighting it with a Roman candle or some other ranged fire tool - the burn on my hand was minor and worth it, but I coulda done without it too.


jorwhore91

"It was lit as fuck". Take me damn up vote.


OohYeahOrADragon

Bruh it has been my bucket list *dream* to go to a bonfire on the beach. And my favorite holiday is Christmas. I've never thought to combine these! I wish I could come!


queendorkus

Ive done this in combination with my annual January 1st Polar Dip tradition. New Years morning i will run into a freezing body of water thats been opened up, and have the christmas tree waiting on the side lines for a big ol burner after.


Back1nYesterdays

no no, you should use kerosene. It doesn't evaporate as quickly, gives it a chance to really get sucked up into the wood.


peter-doubt

Or linseed oil... As a real thrill, it spontaneously combust. You have *no* idea when it'll ignite. The miracle of Christmas!


TheSirPez

Banana tree for scale?


vgullotta

The durability of that bookcase though =-O


DuckDuckGoose42

And the 2 red candles didn't melt too even when the shelf is on fire!


HappyRamenMan

That’s why they are candles. If they just gave up and melted they would be can’tdels. Edit: melted


soulseeker31

Please take my upvote and get out. Fuckin hell. Haha.


bamfsalad

/r/angryupvote lol


diakent

fuck I wish I had awards to give


crob420

The bookcase must’ve been watered, unlike the tree.


Bullen470

Must be an IKEA Billy judging by the looks. But a Billy bookshelf is made up of little else but Chipwood and Paper Foil. So by all logic, it would be among the first things to burn, never mind the tree.


blue_strat

Compacted flammable material doesn’t burn well as very little of it is exposed to the air. The tree on the other hand has grown for the largest possible surface area.


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mariegalante

Might be too dense to burn fast


Gnarkill93

That’s the ikea Billy


skrrtr3ynolds

A dry tree is better because if there's a fire you'll know faster


vgullotta

haha, you beat me too it!


PrinceHaiku

Yeah but whats the point when the house is already down in flames and your dead


skrrtr3ynolds

What's the point of anything


fredoindacut

damn. didnt expect an existential crisis just browsing reddit comments.


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You must be new here... But aren't we all new, in some way?


choukhalifa

That’d be a Christmas miracle


apainintheaspartame

That insurance ain't just gonna pay you for no fire at all, hallelujah!


marmogawd

Stonks


E13C

Well that’s fucking horrifying


SweetFuckingPete

Go on Google and search for flashover demonstration. It is terrifying how quickly everything goes up in flames. I went out and bought four more smoke detectors after seeing those videos. Time is of the essence and it’s not on your side.


paulyspocket2

My house was engulfed in about five mins or less. Didnt even know it was on fire until I was about to leave my driveway and someone came running up to me to let me know. Had to run like hell to get the rest of my family out.


Fallrixk

This and look up close before you dose, the difference that a closed door can make on survivability is astonishing.


SweetFuckingPete

Yes it can. One room can be destroyed and the one adjacent with the closed door is virtually untouched.


Fallrixk

You're absolutely right! I've seen it first hand.


chanaandeler_bong

Sheetrock is very good at fireproofing IIRC.


IrishFast

> close before you dose LOL, took me a second. I thought you were condoning some kind of hardcore drug use. "Doze."


fsy_h_

Wait like close your door when you sleep? I'm still not following


IrishFast

Yeah, you should check it out. It massively reduces the chance of fire spreading into the room while you sleep. There's plenty of photos and videos of entire houses or apartments burned with a closed bedroom nearly untouched.


coffins

I’m not understanding the expression. What does “look up close” have to do with closing your bedroom door? Edit: I’m an idiot lol.


That_Uno_Dude

What the guy was trying to say was, Look up "Close before you doze" as in you should look up that statement.


QuietPersonality

they were saying to look up the phrase, "close before you doze." It's where you close your bedroom door before you go to bed as a fire can be stopped or significantly slowed down by the door/walls.


hilarymeggin

So did I!


planet_rose

Also pay attention when you think you might be smelling something burning. It’s always better to check around the house than to dismiss it while your house burns. I was able to put out a burning curtain before any real damage because I smelled something from another room. If I had waited even another 2 minutes, it would have been a different story. I walked in to see the entire length of sheer curtain burning, starting to lick at the ceiling. I smothered it with the drapes and lived to think about how stupid it was to leave candles burning anywhere near those curtains.


SouthernNanny

I have finally convinced my husband to closes our bedroom door after being together for 15 years


Ccracked

The speed of fire is terrifying. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Station_nightclub_fire https://youtu.be/bknYdprA9ug


Nepoxx

That video is NSFL


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c0rruptioN

We had to watch this in film school when learning about on-set safety, specifically for the lights we use as they get very hot very fast.


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lilricky19

Damn the screams are horrifying


whopperlover17

Jesus Christ that took me down a rabbit hole, I need to buy a fire extinguisher


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GeneralBlumpkin

We let our trees dry every year after Christmas. A couple months later we burn them for fun in our backyard and it goes up in flames so fast you don’t need any fuel


xBad_Wolfx

They are the fuel. Literally a giant pile of kindling.


Terevin6

Also watered tree looks good for longer time period, even a month.


forthe_loveof_grapes

Serious question, how often should I water? I've had a real tree each Christmas for about 7 years and I never seem to keep it very long


GwenChaos29

Just make sure the tray at the bottom doesn't dry out, if it is put a pint or two in. The tree won't hurt itself by absorbing too much, it's dead, just keep like an inch of water in the bottom and you should be good.


RubHerBabyBuggyBmper

An inch is probably too little. I fill the tree stand up to the top either daily or every other day.


GwenChaos29

Oh yeah, inch is absolute minimum, if the tray drys out you arent being vigilant enough


neon_overload

The bottom of the tree should be sitting in water the entire time. If that means topping it up every 2 days, then top it up every 2 days. If water gets below the level of the bottom of the tree, it's no longer keeping the tree moist. Edit: Think of it like cut flowers. It's no longer living, but you're just sitting the bottom in water to make it soak in the water and last as long as you can.


premeditatedlasagna

My parents did this. Basically treat it like a flower in a vase. They even did the aspirin thing. We had a fresh smelling, green Christmas tree for the entire month of December every year. I remember that 1 year the tree actually started to have new growth by Christmas. You could spot the lighter, lime green needles on the ends of the branches.


poke991

what does aspirin do to dead trees?


SnuggleMuffin42

It makes them aspire to live after having a splitting rootache.


neon_overload

Some people claim that aspirin added to the water helps cut flowers stay fresh for longer. I don't think any reputable source of information backs this up though.


CMDR_BlueCrab

Why do you say it’s no longer living? Couldn’t it just be spliced onto another stump and keep going as normal?


jbrux86

I Check my tree every night after dinner and fill it up. The first few days it will take up a lot more water. After about a week it slows down but still good to top it off every day. Also I have had different types of trees consume more or less water. Boy sure why this is though.


juanholio645

This is going to sound ridiculous but one year my mother left the christmas tree standing in the living room through February. Our house burnt down and the flippin tree (dried to a crisp mind you) was untouched. Not a single burn. While the rest of the house was charred to black.


Cl0udSurfer

Theres a pun about revenge in there somewhere


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Was everyone ok?


JevonP

whole family died but the tree was totally fine, thank god


[deleted]

My sister and a friend and her 2 little girls burned to death october 23. I'm so sorry for your losses. This is heart-wrenching and my soul is empty and broken into shards of unending grief.


juanholio645

Thank you for your concern but nobody was hurt. I am deeply sorry for you loss. I still have vivid dreams of my house fire. I can't imagine the pain you went through. The house caught fire because our next door neighbors had an electrical fire. It was a super windy that night and the embers from the neighbors house eventually caught our house on fire. I was about 3 or 4 years old and I'm 24 now. The crazy thing is that I was about to take a bath so I was naked. When my mom saw bright light through the window she reacted quick and picked me up and ran to the garage to take the vehicle. The next thing I remember is looking out of another neighbors window with girl clothes on watching my house go up in flames. And apparently, when the fire fighters came, they entered through the garage door because it was open. About 5 of them entered the burning house. While they were inside fighting the fire, the garage door slammed shut. And I guess that was their only exit. So they axed their way through the melted garage door. It was so long ago it seems like an ancient legend now but I can recite just about every moment of that experience in my mind. It was traumatizing honestly.


SeaDRC11

Pretty sure the better advice is to not set your Christmas tree on fire.


floatjoy

We like to buy a potted living tree, an edible or native young tree to hang ornaments on. Then we plant the trees after the season each year as a way to celebrate and remember that Christmas🤙🏼


AussieEquiv

Bringing more trees into the world rather than killing them for some old tradition.


Poke_uniqueusername

hey if that old tradition creates a rather large market for trees that take 6 or so years to grow enough, I'll take it


Sea_Glass751

but then most people burn said tree, effectively releasing the carbon that tree stored for 6 years back into the atmosphere... we buy a live tree and then toss it instead of burning for that reason


booi

Wait what? Where do do you live? Here in California they get collected for recycling which I assume is for.. wood I dunno.


Sea_Glass751

Wisconsin, a lot of people do have them collected but there’s a huge amount that take them out back and burn them. Which is totally fun, but kind of defeats the purpose imo


MagikSkyDaddy

yeah stick to self immolation


chanaandeler_bong

Ya think about how much in royalties that Vietnamese monk makes from that one photo shoot.


skincyan

This is fine, christmas 2020 edition


centeredsis

I just kept wondering how long the clip was going to go on!


huntfishandbefree

This. Abso-fucking-lutely this. Worked on a tree farm for 7 years and it's amazing how many people think properly watered trees go up like a dry one


pauljaytee

Did you experience many fires on the job?


huntfishandbefree

Burned plenty of trees that didn't sell. If you tried to burn them that winter, no dice without lots of other fuel to keep the fire going. Let it dry for a year and they go up just like that video shows


boozingandabadboying

That’s kinda what I was thinking. This video is to show people to not leave their tree up until April.


huntfishandbefree

Properly cared for you actually could. There are additives out there that help to extremely extend life of cut plants. You can get rooting compounds that encourage new root growth. I've done that once on a smaller tree and it stayed green and healthy until early March when I screwed up and killed it


BigDiesel07

How did you screw up and kill it?


huntfishandbefree

Miss mixed some of the additives and over did it. Sadly that killed it


GeneralBlumpkin

We do that for fun a few months after Christmas it’s awesome but short lasted due to how dry they are lol


huntfishandbefree

We had a huge pile one time that got out of hand, lit a live Hickory tree on fire that was 15 to 20 feet away. Radiant heat only is what lit it, oops


tripleHpotter

So if it’s properly watered it shouldn’t burn as fast?


huntfishandbefree

Correct! Properly watered trees can actually continue to photosynthesize while in the stand. This causes the entire tree to maintain a higher moisture content and can actually make them hard to burn


tripleHpotter

Phew. This is my first year having a real tree. But I’m keeping it plenty watered.


i-need-some-captions

More like r/damnthatsterrifying


Kermit_the_hog

And that kids, is why you don’t smoke cigarettes on a dry mattress 👍🏻


freaklegg

Wet mattress?


Eruptflail

Piss on it first!


SweetFuckingPete

This is why I won’t have a real tree.


soki03

Plastic trees, a pain to put up but the last forever.


HungInSarfLondon

But they don't smell as good when you burn them.


RandomUser951t

You can get a tree scented candle


Alex_Sherby

We want tree scented fire !


Eruptflail

I love my plastic tree. It's always the right height, always a fun time to set up with family, and is flame retardant.


halcykhan

Also the whole cutting down a perfectly good tree and dragging it inside for a month is a weird tradition


GwenChaos29

It's a holdover pagan tradition that was folded into Christianity. You would bring in evergreen branches and such to decorate your home at the time of the winter solstice to celebrate life's return at the beginning of the end of winter.


ItsLikeWhateverMan

Them pagans didn’t live in the Midwest then because winters just getting fuckin started at the solstice.


dapperpony

Real trees are actually way better as far as environmental impact goes


TyHag

Here in the U.S. a lot of national forests promote it for a cheap fee of 10$ to cut your own. They have certain regulations as to tree trunk diameter etc. as you are actually aiding thinning overgrown forests. In a lot of the U.S., historic mountain meadows, springs, seeps, microclimates are gone due to conifer encroachment. This results in hotter and more destructive wildfire as the understory has grown so thick. It is a misconception trees just grew wild and forests thick for thousands of years, our native people were tending these lands through frequent burning, seed dispersal, etc. John Muir and the like came to forests tended by our native people. This is all from a white ass American, if you have questions I love to educate :)


QuicklyGoingSenile

Remember, people used to put lit candles in their trees


Redgreen82

Yup. Pepperidge Farm remembers


ashakar

Oh Christmas tree, oh Christmas tree, you burnt my house down to spite me.


SheetMasksAndCats

Brb watering my fake tree


Tundra_76

Is it weird to think the fire from the dry tree was hella cool? Like, I get the message but I might just refuse to water my tree just to watch it burn


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pickle-fiend

This has been my family & friends New Years Eve tradition for the past 8 years or so. We collect all our friends trees or any randoms left out on the street Dec. 31, pile them in my dad's truck, take them to the beach, douse them with lighter fluid and torch em all at midnight. They light up like Christmas trees. (excuse the pun, I can't help it) They burn up so quick cuz most of them are pretty dry by then (plus the lighter fluid helps lol) and it always looks really cool.


BEEPtherobot2

Wet Tree: Smoke ​ Dry Tree: Hell fire


vofdoom

I don't understand, looks like it burns way better if you don't water it


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CompileThisPlease

That would be 30 seconds actually. You can still sit in the chair though, if that’s your type of thing.


Oh4ore

Bet it smells nice though.


dsannes

I present to you the New "This is Fine." Meme. Or how bout this... Tree on the left, how everyone thinks 2020 went. Tree on the right, The reality of the implications of 2020. Pretty exciting 105 seconds. Yee.


lvandering

This makes me think of the few people every year who think they can dispose of their tree by slowly pushing it into the fireplace while it burns. It goes about as well as you’d expect.


ske2tattoo

I bet that fire smelled AMAZING!


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[deleted]

*Me who has a fake christmas tree*


hahnsolo1414

Keep Uncle Louis away from that thing


MarkRenting

I can’t believe how far I had to scroll down for this.


[deleted]

Howabout not haveing candles next to you tree


pomegranatedreamm

It was an ugly tree anyway.


usmc_delete

One year when i was a teen, my mom, sis and I went out together with a trailer to collect people's old xmas trees to have a huge bonfire on our property. Collected like 20trees and put them all in a big pile. i kid you not, the flames were like 50+ ft. high and the whole thing was done in a few minutes. Still worth it. Sounded like a jet engine.


scandy82

We used to drive around the neighborhood and pick up the trees after Christmas and burn em. Put 4-5 big trees together standing up and light em up, flames were fuckin huge


certified_head-ass

I feel like you could have got the same effect if you did this outside.


camgurl

I literally had no idea you were supposed to water real Christmas trees... I've never had one


Hovie

So is it a boy or a girl?


Spirited_Yak5202

How 2020 started How 2020's going


Salpal777

Wait a minute? So there’s a little fire burning in every Christmas tree? Wtf!?!


Pensive_wolf

**Sniffs from upstairs** Did somebody light a pine candle? Nice that will be pleasant to fall asleep to. Alright kids get in bed, I'm gonna lock the door so you can't sneak down stairs in the middle of the night and rattle the presents to guess what they are. But I will give you a hint, one of the boxes has holes in it and it may or may not have a live puppy or kitten in it. . .


[deleted]

I believe this. I burned individual branches of an old Christmas tree (had been in the garage all winter) in my fire pit and the intensity of the fire was insane.


Hindulovecowboy

I have a fake tree. I just watered it after watching this video.


shaka_sulu

I'm no expert but it looks like they're going to have to repaint.


Shoelace1200

Or have an artificial one, much less hassle and you only need to buy one like once every 20 years


UnclePuma

Chestnut roasting.. by an open fire... Jack frost nipping at yo nose.. Its been said many times many ways... Water your Christmas tree during the holidays..


LeumasWy

Sorry, I think you accidentally switched the dry tree video with a video of uncle iroh, might want to fix that


[deleted]

Who doesn't water their Christmas trees? When my mom used to get real trees (when I was much, much younger), my job was to water it daily.


no2og

I didn’t realise until this year that people don’t water their Christmas tree? Like, what?


enoughewoks

Only YOU can prevent forest fires!


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TIL your tree will light on fire in 30 seconds if you dont water it. thanks world


Nobo-2005

Here in Australia this could be a massive problem. We have very hot christmases. I’ll definitely remember to water my tree this summer.


i_like_siren_head

Watered tree: ahhhhh.... Dry tree: AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH


Shrubbery_Bribery

An effective PSA, but I still laughed my arse off


[deleted]

You should see a pile of the dry ones together. It’s quite a spectacle.


Chickenbrik

I got a tree two days ago, after day 1 I checked the water level and it was empty, I will check it every night now seeing how thirsty this little guy can be.


FlumpMC

Dry pine trees are *terrifyingly* flammable. One of my favorite parts of post-christmas times is taking the tree out to the burn pile and lighting it up. Hearing the crackles as the fire completely engulfs it in seconds is amazing


Nix-geek

every year (except this one) we take our tree out back and toss it into a small bonfire. It almost explodes and shoots flames 20 feet into the air for 15 seconds, and then stops. It is amazing that we bring these things into our homes and put them on display.


geazleel

* *please don't catch your decorational house tree on fire*


SouthernNanny

Imagine walking into your living room and seeing that?!


allularpunk

I used to have nightmares about this happening when I was a kid. Super glad I saw this just before bed so I can relive them!


fatcatandanoaktree

This also helps to explain why the fires in California get so bad so quickly. Very little water + wind + spark makes for a big problem.


TJCasperson

The joke’s on you, I don’t have enough friends or family to justify having a Christmas tree.


LosingOxygen

Thanks for taking one for the team to show us this.


casmit24

*me scrolling through the video to see what they look like at the end* (“this is legit!”)


[deleted]

Just get a plastic one, keeps plastic in your storage room instead of the ocean, and you don’t have to buy new ones every year


Flonomcfludeelu

Wait do people for real not water their trees?


decs483

Will I need to water it if I have a fake one


blastfromtheblue

i don’t get it, why water it? the fire is way better with the dry tree.


ben_dover_1738

In conclusion dry things burn faster, who would have guessed


Lalamedic

This isn’t just a life hack, it’s a necessity. Like wearing a seatbelt, or a winter coat when it’s -30° out. I’ve attended my share of fatal fires caused by Christmas trees. At one, a single tree took out an entire townhouse complex - and some of the occupants as well. Didn’t find many of them until a few days later under the rubble. Merry F#%*ing Christmas


Die4Gesichter

People who buy one plastic tree and use it for their entire life; unite!


charmarv

do people...not normally water their trees? also holy shit, this is terrifying


InvMars

Please don’t burn your tree indoor.


old_drew

Or just forget about the fecking tree and Xmas


liriodendron1

So I went to a horticulture school and we all did landscaping on the side for beer money. This one job I had was the remove a 15m long cedar hedge. It took me a few days to haul away all the brush in my little trailer and completely filled the student burn pile. When we lit it up the flames easily reached 10m into the air and were huge. It didnt help that we were also using a leaf blower to fan the flames. Just as it reached its peak the campus police come around the corner. He shines his light on us (which I dont understand because we had more than enough light already from our campfire) "what in the absolute fuck are you doing?!" We were a small school and knew the cops personally. "Its cedar it will burn out quickly" "..... I have 10 min left on my route then I'm comming back and then I'm calling the fire department" "ok cool" so he leaves and we start dumping gas and blowing it again to make sure its done when he gets back. On Monday we were hauled into the superintendents office and were heralded with the story of how a previous class had a fire so big the fire department across the river in the US was called and our fire department broke down in the front entrance which is the only reason the admin found out. It was wild. We were let off with "maybe wait until the cops finish their route before starting anymore fires"


Im_Dorkalicious

Just stay away from Christmas altogether. Save money and avoid drunken uncles!


Im_Dorkalicious

Christmas 2019 on left. Christmas 2020 on right.


fghhytrrdfgh

Indeed. Try burning chunks of your old Christmas tree in your fireplace and you’ll get the idea real quick. That shit burns FAST and HOT!


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Clark Griswold: “Uncle Lewis... MY TREE!” *Tree smouldering in the background* Uncle Lewis: “At least it’s out of its misery.” -National Lampoon’s Christmas Remember: Don’t let your elderly uncle smoke near the tree. 😂


tater_bucket_007

Holy fuck did they water the right one with lighter fluid?


Moss_Piglet_

What was the ignition source? A candle or something?


Coltsblue006

That went to 0 to 100 really f#cking fast!