[blparent] putting a Christmas tree up when you have a little one

[Jaquiss, Robert]

Hello:

    One good way to keep a Christmas tree from falling ver is to fasten its top to the ceiling.  There are decorative hooks known as dolphin hooks. Thse are used for hanging chandeliers. If you screw one of these into a ceiling joist, you can then fasten the top of the tree to it. If you get an eight foot tree, its top may touch the ceiling and few people wil notice hat the top is tied. For a shorter tree you would need to use a strong cord and decorate it. My Father used this method and was able to put the but of the tree into a gallon pickle jar or plastic ucket. This allowed for plenty of water to keep the tree green.

Regards,

Robert


Robert Jaquiss
National Federation of the Blind 
200 East Wells Street at Jernigan Place
Baltimore, Maryland 21230 
Phone: 410-659-9314, ext. 2422


-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jo Elizabeth Pinto
Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2011 11:12 PM
To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blparent] putting a Christmas tree up when you have a little one

Hi.  You're braver than I was if you decide to put up a tree.  When Sarah 
was that age, we just hung a pine wreath on the door and had a very small 
tabletop tree, about a foot tall, that was prelit.

What I wouldn't do is try to keep Michael away from the tree because he'll 
figure out how to get by any barricade you build.  You'll just set 
yourselves up for a needless battle if you try to stop him from touching 
ornaments.  If you do have a tree that he can reach, only put unbreakable 
ornaments on it, in case he pulls the whole thing over, and expect to be 
picking up the ornaments and replacing them on the tree often.  Last year 
Sarah was almost three, and she enjoyed putting ornaments on and pretty much 
left the tree alone when she was told to.  Think about waiting another year, 
if you can.  Then the tree can be a positive experience for all of you.

Jo Elizabeth

"How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young, 
compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of 
the weak and the strong.  Because someday in life you will have been all of 
these."--George Washington Carver, 1864-1943, American scientist

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From: "Leslie Hamric" <lhamric930 at comcast.net>
Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2011 9:04 PM
To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: [blparent] putting a Christmas tree up when you have a little one

> Hi all.  I know Christmas is a few months away but am wondering what 
> anyone
> has done, if anything, to protect their Christmas tree from the little 
> one.
> Michael is walking, mobile, and into everything. He's 20 months old.  He's
> starting to talk and he sounds so cute.  Although the tree is small and 
> it's
> one of those tabletop trees, I'm afraid Michael will start messing around
> with and pulling off ornaments without me knowing about it.  I just don't
> want him to get hurt or anything like that so I'm looking for ideas. 
> Maybe
> it would be better not to put one up or if we do, hang a few ornaments on
> the very top so he can't get to them?  Thanks in advance for any
> suggestions.
>
> Leslie
>
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