They didn’t light them, but I remember a Christmas tree of my grandparents’ that had candles in the early 70s. By that time we had the large incandescent lights for ours. Which were damn hot themselves, so tree fires were still a thing.
I always knew the rule about dry trees and fire, but you don’t understand it until you see last year’s tossed out tree in a field that’s being burned suddenly go WHHOOOFFF! That could have been inside a house… :O
We have a video of my wife’s mum and dad lighting the candles on the Christmas tree in 1962. It was apparently very common well into the '60s.
They didn’t light them, but I remember a Christmas tree of my grandparents’ that had candles in the early 70s. By that time we had the large incandescent lights for ours. Which were damn hot themselves, so tree fires were still a thing.
I always knew the rule about dry trees and fire, but you don’t understand it until you see last year’s tossed out tree in a field that’s being burned suddenly go WHHOOOFFF! That could have been inside a house… :O
Quite! We check the water in our tree base daily, just for the peace of mind of knowing we don’t have a 7-foot firelighter in the house.
I still light candles on my tree.