Why do the wood from the trees being cut take two years to dry out but Christmas trees are a fire hazard because of how quickly they dry out? What gives?

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Many are pine trees (‘cept you fancy folk with your Douglas fir), which are very oily and sappy. You don’t want to burn pine in a fireplace because it leaves an oily residue that leads to a chimney fire.

The knotty pine den craze of the 70’s led to many housefires, mostly because they had a wood burning stove in the same room not recognizing the irony.

Was a tradition of mine and the girl to celebrate the first day of spring by burning the Christmas tree we tossed out three months ago and holy God damn does that thing go up like a missile. They’re like nature’s made in China lithium battery. You could feel the flames from the other side of the yard and in five minutes, the tree was completely gone.