Big Red, America’s original and best-selling red soda, partners with Trees for Troops to donate live Christmas trees to military families.
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With that in mind, Nassau County officials held a controlled burn Thursday in Old Bethpage to demonstrate just how fast and destructive a Christmas tree fire can be.
During a normal year the needles on a Christmas tree grow about an inch and a half and gain two and a half feet, but this year tree needles only grew about half that. Whether in a house, apartment or business, real Christmas trees need special care.
“Tree growers donate trees, consumers purchase trees for loved ones, companies such as Big Red donate to support the program and FedEx Freight makes sure it all happens”.
Four of every five Christmas tree fires occurred in December and January.
Immediately put the tree into approximately one gallon of warm water.
A normal Christmas tree can require as much as a gallon of water a day, and West Coast farms simply haven’t been able to supply that during the historic drought.
Trees for Troops brings individual tree growers and state Christmas tree associations together to provide Christmas trees to thousands of families each year.
Use lights that have the label of an independent testing laboratory. Replace lights that have worn cords or loose bulb connections.
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“Project Holiday” offers a host of online tips and resources for consumers, along with tools and resources for local fire departments to promote the campaign and its safety messages in their communities. Electrical failures or malfunctions were factors in 30 percent of Christmas tree fires.
