Design Crafters

It’s been a while since I shared a Christmas tree adventure with you. So here’s yet another Christmas tree story for your enjoyment in today’s photo Christmas cards blog.

This is a true story of yet another couple with an enormous Christmas tree as a decoration for their Christmas wedding. It first started when they had to cut the bottom of the tree a little bit more to fit the tree into the room. As they started cutting the bottom with a regular hand saw the tree was vibrating and shaking. The shaking caused all these little tiny bugs to start falling out of the tree and scattering all over the place. Of course this caused a gross-out panic, so they ended up spraying the tree down with some kind of insecticide.  Unfortunately the event was so close and they could still smell the insecticide on the tree. They had to bring in scented candles, diffusers and air sprays to try and mask the smell of the insecticide.

During the reception people stared having asthma attacks and allergic reactions. It turns out some people there were highly sensitive to the insecticide and started having the asthma attack.  Others had chemical sensitivities to artificially scented products such as the candles and air sprays.

Although bugs are inevitable in real Christmas trees, don’t let that stop you from enjoying a real tree. We’ve had real trees for years and never had a bug problem. But just in case, before bringing it inside, do a “shake down” for bugs. Chances are most bugs in the tree are harmless anyhow.

With that though in mind, happy decorating.