{"id":47,"date":"2026-10-22T20:30:54","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T20:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-pine\/how-to-keep-a-cut-tree-fresh-until-new-year\/"},"modified":"2026-10-22T20:30:54","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T20:30:54","slug":"how-to-keep-a-cut-tree-fresh-until-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-pine\/how-to-keep-a-cut-tree-fresh-until-new-year\/","title":{"rendered":"How to keep a cut tree fresh until New Year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A tree cut on the hill in December can easily last until Twelfth Night if it can drink (sample note).<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When you get home, saw a thin slice off the bottom of the trunk and stand the tree in water within the hour. A fresh cut takes up water; a dry one seals over with sap.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A 7 ft tree drinks up to a litre a day in the first week. Check the stand every morning, keep the tree away from radiators and fires, and switch the lights off at night.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A fresh cut, a stand that holds water and a cool corner. Three habits that keep the needles on (sample).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tree-care"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-pine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-pine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-pine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-pine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-pine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-pine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-pine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-pine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-pine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-pine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}