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Im in europe, and have quite the opposite experience. Fake candles seem common in the US, are you from there?
by thecatspaw 11y ago
Im in europe, and have quite the opposite experience. Fake candles seem common in the US, are you from there?
- dagw 11y agoI'm in Sweden. Haven't seen a family with real candles in their tree since my grandma occasionally used them 30+ years ago, and even the they where only lit for a short while on christmas eve and electric lights where used all other times. Everybody I know here has electric lights, but often long strands of small bulbs, rather than the fake candle variety.
- pluma 11y agoGerman here. It was common a few decades ago but there have been a lot of safety campaigns and these days it's unthinkable for most young adults and exceedingly rare. Only exception I can think of is the German president, who had real candles on his tree during the traditional Christmas address. But I wouldn't be too surprised if there were fire safety officers keeping an eye on the tree in case it spontaneously decides to do something dangerous. I would be surprised if live candles on Christmas trees don't void your insurance in Germany, actually.
- robin_reala 11y agoThis was in Kiel in the early 80s, so that fits in with your timeline.
- pluma 11y agoNot sure what you're referring to. The Christmas address with live candles was last year: http://www.bundespraesident.de/SharedDocs/Reden/DE/Joachim-Gauck/Reden/2015/12/151225-Weihnachtsansprache-2015.html http://www.bundespraesident.de/SharedDocs/Reden/DE/Joachim-G...
- robin_reala 11y agoUh, as in ‘common a few decades ago’.
- pluma 11y agoAh, the Christmas tree catching fire was in Kiel in the 80s? I wasn't aware you were talking about Germany there.