In the Interest of Poor Taste, Here Are 12 Hilarious Videos of Christmas Trees Exploding in Flames
If you’ve never seen a Christmas tree catch fire, or hypothetically dragged one out into the street and set it ablaze, you’re likely underestimating just how quickly and violently they go up in flames. Whatever your mental image of the inferno is, double it. And so, if you, unlike me, have a living space that includes more than one room, and have a tree set up, you may not want to continue.
But if you’ve steeled yourself, purportedly in the name of safety, but really in the name of delighting the little pyromaniac inside all of us, here are 12 hilarious videos of Christmas trees exploding…
Celebrate Christ’s birth by opening a portal to hell.
They had to identify Mr. Bunny’s remains by his dental records.
Not sure why the soundtrack sounds like it’s from a sci-fi buddy cop movie, but okay.
When a video says it contains footage that “some may find distressing,” there's a good chance it's at least a little funny.
Because everyone I know with a Christmas tree is watering that sucker regularly.
The video will show you why to keep open flames away from a Christmas tree, the voiceover will show you why you shouldn’t smoke.
Duct-taping Santa to this chair and sending a message to the world.
Be especially careful if you live in a tiny little box.
Just a middle-aged man, watching a Christmas tree erupt in flame while he utters a reverent, “Holy shoot.”
How’d they get Hans Zimmer to score this?
Fake? Yes. Fun twist? Yes.
And finally, it wouldn’t be a case of chaos disguised as education without the MythBusters on the case.
