Keep It Fresh, Green and Safe

We bring them home fresh to light up our holidays — and often they leave us dry in the new year. Inside your home, a Christmas tree needs daily attention to help keep your home and family safe. A tree with shedding needles is a fire hazard. According to the National Fire Prevention Agency, a dry tree can burn faster than newspaper. So always choose a tree with fresh, green needles. Here’s five more safety tips: • Place your tree away from heat sources, • Don’t use candles on or near it. • Decorate it with indoor lights, UL or ET/ITSNA tested. • WATER YOUR TREE DAILY. • Unplug tree lights at bedtime and when you’re not home. • If the tree starts to shed needles, remove it from your home.

When It’s Time to Say Goodbye Here are two ways to dispose of your Christmas tree:

Recycle it. First, remove all decorations and then you can drop it off at a City Sanitation Center: http://bit.ly/ChristmasTreeRecylePHL

Leave it with your trash for curbside pickup. (Trash pickup is on Saturday (not Friday) after Christmas and again after New Years.)