re: 2nd straight year with the artificial tree

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Years ago, I burned our Christmas in the back yard tree rather than drag it out to the street. Yea, kinda trashy but I was drinking and it was fun. That thing went up in a matter of seconds with just a match. It was scary to think what that would be like if it caught fire in the house. You have no chance if a real tree catches fire in the house. From that day on, it's been artificial.

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I remember well the night a dry tree caused the death of a friend and his child when it caught fire.
Was on the FD, and still can’t unsee some scenes from that.
Give me a artificial all day every day.