1st annual, after Christmas, Christmas Tree "Lighting" Ceremony

Here is another Jayne family tradition. Okay, like crab for Christmas eve dinner, we only started this one last year, but it is going to be an annual event. Technically this is the first year because last years attempt was a bust. We watered the tree too much while we had it up for Christmas, and it would not light up. :(

So this year we made sure it would light up. We did not ever water it at all! It was nice and crispy and ready for this years "After Christmas, Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony."
Here is our dedecorated tree. Just waiting to be "lit" up.

Here was the first attempt to light the tree this year. It kind of fizzled. If it were not for my years of firefighting and burning slash, I may have been worried that it would not light up again this year.

However, I had plenty of juice to light it up this year. Here is attempt number 2 and as you can see. It was a success.

Trees burn well and burn fast when they have not been watered. This is a good example of why you are supposed to water your tree while it is in your house.

A couple seconds later.

It only took about 30 seconds to get to this point. This brought back a lot of fond memories of my past forest fire fighting days.

It took less than 2 minutes to get to here. The neighbor that was watching said, "That was almost better than the 4th of July."

All good things must come to an end though, and after just a couple minutes it was over. There is a lot less tree to have to dispose of now! That was fun and entertaining. It gives me another reason to look forward next Christmas season.

Disclaimer: DO NOT attempt if you are clumsy, accident prone, fear fire or lack common sense.
No buildings, people, animals or property were harmed or in anyway damaged in this ceremony. This would not be wise to attempt indoors or on a dry lawn.(use common sense)
I hope everyone got as much amusement out of this as I did and I wish you all a happy and safe end to 2009 and start to 2010.