{"id":2385214,"date":"2025-01-01T04:21:01","date_gmt":"2025-01-01T09:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fiery-display-church-lights-50-christmas-tree-candles-in-45-seconds-in-breathtaking-display\/"},"modified":"2025-01-01T04:25:53","modified_gmt":"2025-01-01T09:25:53","slug":"fiery-display-church-lights-50-christmas-tree-candles-in-45-seconds-in-breathtaking-display","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fiery-display-church-lights-50-christmas-tree-candles-in-45-seconds-in-breathtaking-display\/","title":{"rendered":"Fiery Display: Church Lights 50+ Christmas Tree Candles in 45 Seconds in Breathtaking Display"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffiery-display-church-lights-50-christmas-tree-candles-in-45-seconds-in-breathtaking-display%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2385214&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-times-issues-multiple-corrections-for-article-falsely-claiming-900000-u-s-children-have-been-hospitalized-for-covid-19-during-pandemic\/\" title=\"New York Times Issues Multiple Corrections For Article Falsely Claiming 900,000 U.S. Children Have Been Hospitalized For COVID-19 During Pandemic\">article discusses<\/a> a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/opinion-what-we-can-learn-from-ronald-reagans-bookshelves\/\" title=\"Opinion: What We Can Learn From Ronald Reagan\u2019s Bookshelves\">unique method<\/a> of lighting Christmas tree \u200ccandles using a fast-burning &#8220;ignition thread,&#8221; as demonstrated in a viral video from\u200b Switzerland. This method ignites the candles together in a stunning \u200cfashion, sparking interest and nostalgia among some viewers who fondly remember using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jewish-groups-to-hold-vigil-for-hostages-executed-by-hamas-check-politics-at-the-door-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Jewish groups to hold vigil for hostages executed by Hamas: \u2018Check politics at the door\u2019 - Washington Examiner\">real candles<\/a> on their \u200cChristmas\u200d trees. While the practice is praised\u200b by some\u2063 as a beatiful \u200cand\u200b conventional approach, others express concern over the fire \u2064hazards associated with using real\u2062 flames, notably\u2062 in the context of past incidents where <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">poorly maintained decorations led<\/a> to house\u200d fires. The article\u2062 emphasizes \u200dthe importance of \u200csafety precautions, \u200csuch as having\u200c smoke detectors\u2062 and fire extinguishers on hand if attempting this lighting method at home.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>As you&rsquo;re packing away the Christmas decorations, you may &mdash; or may not &mdash; want to file this idea away for future Yuletide celebrations.<\/p>\n<p>A video d on social media depicted a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/video-time-global-warming-punks-ruined-christmas-tree-orange-paint-across-7-different-cities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Christmas tree<\/a> trimmed in the old-fashioned way, with real candles rather than electric lights.<\/p>\n<p>But rather than the candles being lighted one by one, they burst into flame through the use of a type of fast-burning fuse.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is how they lit &#128293; the candles on a Christmas tree in Switzerland. I&rsquo;ve never seen anything like this before. How did the tree not catch fire? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YwQSKLGBzq\">pic.twitter.com\/YwQSKLGBzq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Juanita Broaddrick (@atensnut) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/atensnut\/status\/1872503205713858710?\">December 27, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is how they lit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/likely-cause-devastating-thanksgiving-day-mansion-fire-identified\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">candles<\/a> on a Christmas tree in Switzerland,&rdquo; Juanita Broaddrick posted on social media platform X. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve never seen anything like this before. How did the tree not catch fire?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>One commenter d that such spectacles &mdash; achieved by the use of &ldquo;ignition thread&rdquo; attached to the candles &mdash; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.refrichterswil.ch\/publikationen\/fotos_und_berichte\/wie_der_weihnachtsbaum_in_die_kirche_kommt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">are popular<\/a> in some European churches.<\/p>\n<p>Some readers said that they loved the look of real candles on a Christmas tree.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I grew up with real candles on a Christmas tree! Loved it way better than the fake lights. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/upXaWtPqVW\">pic.twitter.com\/upXaWtPqVW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Caroline Kliby (@SchnurreZueri) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SchnurreZueri\/status\/1872504658918588793?\">December 27, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I grew up with real candles on a Christmas tree! Loved it way better than the fake lights,&rdquo; one said.<\/p>\n<p>Another reader added context to the photo, explaining that Christmas trees in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-tourists-rescued-popular-switzerland-resort\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Switzerland<\/a> &mdash; if that is, in fact, where the video was from &mdash; contain far more moisture than trees in the U.S., which often are cut weeks or even months before Thanksgiving, when they usually start to be sold here.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I grew up in Switzerland. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/neil-degrinch-tyson-astrophysicist-neil-degrasse-tyson-dragged-for-sucking-the-magic-out-of-christmas\/\" title=\"\u2018Neil DeGrinch Tyson\u2019: Astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson Dragged For Sucking The Magic Out Of Christmas\">pine trees<\/a> there are very lush. It takes days for the needles to become even slightly dry. There is so much rain throughout the whole year that these trees retain moisture in ways, they would not in other places.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Alexandra Datig | Front Page Index &#127482;&#127480; (@alexdatig) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alexdatig\/status\/1872515774449107121?\">December 27, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I grew up in Switzerland,&rdquo; Alexandra Datig responded. &ldquo;The pine trees there are very lush. It takes days for the needles to become even slightly dry. There is so much rain throughout the whole year that these trees retain moisture in ways, they would not in other places.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Others responded with cautionary tales about house fires caused by Christmas decorations.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">So I just had an old house rewired and there wasnt a smoke detector in the living room, electrician said wasnt required, showed him this video, he put one in. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/g5IEFP2Zia\">https:\/\/t.co\/g5IEFP2Zia<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chris Wilson (@movetobeaufort) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/movetobeaufort\/status\/1872508272915468749?\">December 27, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I just had an old house rewired and there wasnt a smoke detector in the living room, electrician said wasnt required, showed him this video, he put one in,&rdquo; one viewer replied, sharing a terrifying <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hMtjGfr0tYs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a> video of a Christmas tree, apparently with electric lights, catching <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/heartbreak-man-dies-christmas-day-fire-trying-save-engagement-ring-upcoming-proposal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fire<\/a> and engulfing a living room in flames in under a minute.<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-embed\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Christmas tree fire destroys a living room in under a minute\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hMtjGfr0tYs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>So, okay, the &ldquo;ignition thread&rdquo; way of lighting up a Christmas tree could admittedly be a unique and impressive spectacle for holiday guests.<\/p>\n<p>Just make sure, if you decide to try it, to invite the fire department and have plenty of extinguishers on hand.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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A video shared on social media showcased a Christmas tree decorated in a traditional style, using real candles instead of electric lights. Instead of lighting the candles individually, they ignited all at once using a fast-burning fuse. This method was used to light the candles on a Christmas tree in Switzerland, which surprised many viewers who wondered how the tree remained unscathed from fire. One user noted that such displays are common in some European churches and that they loved the aesthetic of real candles over artificial lights. Another commenter explained that Swiss trees retain more moisture than those cut weeks or months before Thanksgiving in the U.S., making them less likely to catch fire. 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