I was actually at a party on both the 24th and the 25th; we had a fire
extinguisher handy at the first and water at the second. However I have
never seen a fire in more than thirty years. Providing one has a fresh tree
it is very difficult to get the tree to catch fire; much easier a few days
later. The candle holders are counterbalanced, and quite stable.
Roger
On 25/12/2007, Brian Gray <brian.gray@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> Roger Key wrote:
> > Best Wishes for Christmas and the New Year to the list from Denmark.
> >
> > Here in Denmark we celebrate Christmas on Christmas Eve, so we are a day
> > ahead of most list members. We eat plenty of roast pork, red cabbage,
> and
> > sugary small brown potatoes, together with duck, turkey or goose, and a
> > sort of fancy cold rice pudding for dessert. We get all our presents
> during
> > the evening, after we have sung and danced round a Christmas tree with
> real
> > lit candles (not as dangerous as it sounds...).
>
> Provided the host/hostess is nimble on their feet! I have been at a
> party in a Danish house and watched the hostess dash across the room
> when a tree caught fire.
> The fire was put out smartly - maybe you have plenty of
> practice? The Danes were safety conscious then and insisted on
> people not drinking and driving a long time before it was frowned on in
> the UK.
>
> Seasons Greetings
>
> Brian
>
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