Well, you might as well get used to it. With cut trees on sale already it is amazing how many people will put up a cut tree now and expect it to stay moist and safe til Christmas. No amount of water and sugar or any other ingredients can ensure it will not be a fire hazard. Too many fires will occur. When we put up a cut tree it was always two days before christmas and we cut it ourselves. We left it up one week. In later years we switched to live trees in pots that you replanted afterwards. Now I put up a fake tree every year instead.



>>http://cbs5.com/national/turkey.deep.fry.2.593746.html
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>Another warning, for the likes of me: don't watch the video, begins with an ad.
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>And yes, I've heard some sirens today and last night. Though not as much as I feared I would - the weather was unseasonably dry these days, and the cold wave was supposed to come, and it got quite windy. Luckily, the wind didn't start before the people were already done with desserts. At least here.
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>Still quiet... well, at least my area seems to have been lucky this year. We'll see how many fires will be there until the last fire-risky event, the Superbowl.