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