#Xmas trees

[hometoursandotherstuff]

[retropopcult]

Hollywood Boulevard, December 1952 

[mysharona1987]

[transpondster]

[📸 by Kate Simon]

[apollopigeon]

Evergreens were typically lit by wax candles balanced carefully on branches in the Altdeutsche tradition. More than one Santa found his beard ignited and his face melted. One year around the turn of the century, sick kids watched in horror as a young nurse burned to death after accidentally backing up into the tree at a children’s ward. In 1900, in a New York City public school, a little girl died when her snow-fairy costume caught fire as she helped distribute presents. Having had enough, the Board of Education issued an order: “Never again on school property should a lighted candle be used in connection with Christmas tree entertainments.”

Even safety regulations you think would be pretty obvious are written in blood.

@argumate

[teddy-bear-naps-and-random-snaps]

[kahuna-burger]

If we define Generic Ornaments as ones bought in bulk and easily replaceable if broken/lost/left behind on a move, and Special Ornaments as ones made, gifted or bought individually (or in small sets) and kept for years/decades...

Please reblog so folks see it before the trees come down!

[w1ckermandesigns]

(via "Funny Christmas Fir Tree Holiday Humor Double Entendre Gift" Graphic T-Shirt for Sale by w1ckerman)

[viviseconds]

Installation view, Steven Shearer, The Polygon, 2021

Photography by Dennis Ha

[t0esniffer69]

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[hometoursandotherstuff]

Corvid Christmas tree. Simple, but beautiful.

[50smallcelebrations]

A tree for solstice

[mysharona1987]

[christmasxmas]

[backroad-life]

Cottage Holiday Lights

[teddy-bear-naps-and-random-snaps]