Decorating the Tree — A Dangerous Christmas Tradition?

Jim LaBate
5 min readDec 18, 2019
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My wife, Barbara, and I were at a dinner party recently, and the hostess asked us all to share a story of a Christmas tradition that we experienced as children. Interestingly, the tradition that I recall involved a component that no one even uses today because it’s now considered too dangerous for children. Who knew?

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Jim LaBate

Jim LaBate is a writer and teacher who assists in The Writing Center at Hudson Valley Community College (HVCC) in Troy, New York.