How to Keep
Those Christmas Tree
Needles on Your Tree The following tips will
help keep your tree fresh
for as long as possible. 1. Jane Neubauer, Sugar Pines Farm, via marthstewart.com 2. Make a perpendicular, half-
inch cut to the bottom of a tree
"right before you place it in water." 3. Check the stand daily
to make sure your tree
is getting all the water
it needs to stay fresh. 4. Jane Neubauer, Sugar Pines Farm, via marthstewart.com 5. Make sure that all of your bulbs
are in good condition and that
the light cords are not worn or frayed.
Real trees can catch fire.
