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Did she use Pine-Sol? A cleaning influencer has been advised to attend “therapy” after revealing that she washes her artificial Christmas tree in her bathtub. A video, which has amassed 2 million ...

What's the first thing you do when you bring your Christmas tree home from the farm? Trim the trunk and lower branches? Put it in a stand and give it a good drink of water? Sure—but don't forget to ...

I've been around for a lot of Christmases, but I had never heard of people washing their trees until this year. Maybe it's just been awhile since I've celebrated in a home with a real tree. I just ...

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