If you want to avoid a towering inferno this Christmas, you’d better hydrate your pines, according to the National Institutes of Standards and Technology. Avoid candles, and definitely don’t ...

6) They forget to water the tree once it’s home. Live Christmas trees need water so they don’t go dry. (A dry tree can be a fire hazard, and makes a mess when it starts dropping its needles.) ...

Put extra Christmas tree branches to good use with this DIY holiday decoration. Published: ; Dec. 12, 2019, 12:30 p.m.

Water the tree every day, and remove it from your home after Christmas or once it becomes dry. Don't burn Christmas tree branches or wrapping paper in your fireplace. Keep candles at least 12 ...

Then hang hats, scarves, mittens and gloves on the branches to dry. That way, if you don't need a hat rack or mitten tree after winter, you can just return the branches to the outdoors.

With New York State leading the country in fatal fires, Nassau County firefighters held a demonstration in preparation for the holiday season, showing that a dry Christmas tree can make a house go ...

House and Home Preventing Christmas decoration fires can stop millions in property damage every year String lights and Christmas trees can pose a fire risk if not ...

Branches overhanging sidewalks can be "limbed up" in summer. ... My purple-leaf plum tree has its lowest branches hanging over a public sidewalk. ... They'll dry and heal fine on their own.