Solstice Weekend Safety Tip

[dr_pretentious]

You may be planning to set fire to a plum pudding this weekend.

No problem, you're thinking. Brandy burns at such a low temperature, you can play snapdragon with your combustible dessert.

And snapdragon is a lot of fun.

But the plum pudding you're imagining is decorated with holly leaves. Maybe freshly cut holly leaves, maybe dried, maybe--and this would be interesting--plastic.

Igniting your combustible dessert won't burn your fingers, but it will get your holly leaves going in a very serious way, as we discovered a couple of years ago. Your flaming holly leaves could, theoretically, get other things going, too.

So.

Take the holly off and put it well aside before you light the brandy.

Live a long time.

And Happy Yule.

Comments

[jasminewind.livejournal.com]

Wow that looks like a crazy game, I think we will wait until the kids are a bit older before we start digging around in flames.

I would love to read the story that inspired this lesson! :-)

Happy Yule back atcha!

[dr-pretentious.livejournal.com]

I may have to write a Yule story. Uh oh. I definitely have to write a Yule story. Just not now.