Thank-- Rachel this is holiday time.
My favorite time of the year too,
but unfortunately it's the time a year when fires go up.
That's right. Especially accidental fires.
So we're gonna talk about a few things here
to help keep you and your family safe.
Messages we wanna share with the audience.
So let's start with candles.
The candle market has exploded the past 10 years.
Everyone uses them. Absolutely.
Decoratively, to scent their houses,
so candles as gifts. As gifts.
Exactly, everybody loves candles.
But we have to use them safely.
So here's a quick tip for candles,
especially during the holiday time of year.
If you don't use them a lot.
Is we wanna put something down like tin foil.
Something non-combustible.
What does that mean?
It means it's not gonna burn. Sure.
OK, we wanna catch the wax but we also put a layer
between the candle and something that's goin' to burn.
So if we do something simple like that,
we can put our candles out, on top of our tin foil.
And we can light them.
Can we put some of the chachkas around them?
Awe yeah sure, you can dress this up.
I tell ya, Rachel, the one thing we don't want to do
is we don't wanna put our candles near drapery.
We don't wanna put them near
the curtains or other furnishings.
We wanna have what's called a three foot ring of safety
around our lit candles all the time.
Always keep three feet between the candle
and anything flammable Exactly.
(audience applauds)
That's awesome, what's next?
We're movin' on to your beautiful Christmas tree.
We're all very proud of our tree.
It's a great family tradition.
We love to decorate it.
We love to display it,
but there's a few things we need to know.
Sure.
First of all where we put the tree.
We don't wanna put the tree anywhere
where it's gonna block our path to get out
in case of an emergency.
Oh, that's a good point.
OK? The second thing is,
we don't want to have our tree
near anything that gets hot, naturally.
So we don't want to put it in the front window
for the neighbors to see, if that's where the radiator is.
We don't wanna put it next to the fire place,
although that makes a great picture for our Christmas card,
that's not the best place to put the tree either.
We don't wanna have this tree dry out.
Well that's the thing, you don't wanna cook the tree.
Exactly, a dry Christmas tree will burn in 30 seconds.
It's devastating.
They make turpentine out of pine trees.
Wow. OK?
So think of that in your home. It's very flammable
once it's dried out. And think of that on fire.
And keep them watered, for goodness sake.
When you bring them home, Absolutely.
cut them fresh. The Key is--
Cut, trim the bottom. Talk to your tree.
Communicate with your tree, OK?
Come over every once in a while during the season.
It should be supple and not--
When these needles start falling off,
you're getting in a dangerous situation.
Keep it watered. Exactly, good one.
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Christmas lights.
OK, we love our lights.
We put them on the tree. Actually most of us
hate our lights.
Well...
(Rachel laughs) You hate them when
they look like this, OK. Yes, exactly.
This is why I have these like this, OK.
Because this is how they come out of your attic
or out of your garage, where they've been all summer.
Right.
OK, so it's very important,
before we put them back on the tree,
or on our home, to go through these.
And we wanna inspect them.
We wanna go through and-- oh here we go
there's a problem. Make sure there's
no exposed wires. Exactly, no frayed wires,
no exposed wires.
Here we have a broken bulb.
So not only do we have a shock hazard,
but we have a fire hazard.
So very carefully inspect the whole string.
When we put them on, don't put more than three together.
Three strings. Oh, everybody cheats
at that one. Don't cheat.
Don't cheat.
Oh, they'll string together 50 of them if the can.
Oh, I've seen much more, OK, don't do it.
Resist the temptation.
Keep it down to three strings plugged in together.
You'll be OK.
Also, you wanna make sure you buy
the lights at a reputable store.
When it comes to electrical appliances,
Christmas lights, anything like that,
get them from a reputable place.
And make sure that it has a marking similar to this.
Which says UL, which means they've been tested
for the use that they're designed for.
OK, and as long as you maintain them OK,
they'll be safe forever.
You know, it's like shoes, buy a good pair of shoes.
Buy a good pair of lights, exactly.
Buy the good shoes, exactly.
Spend the money, buy the good Christmas lights.
(audience cheers)
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