Hi everyone this is James Harkin and Anna Tashinsky two writers of the TV show

QI and two-fourths of the hit podcast no such thing as a fish.

We'd like to let you know that we've written a book it It is called everything to play for. The most

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The opinions expressed in the following episode do not necessarily reflect those of the Minds of Madness Podcast.

Listener discretion is advised. So, Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,

oh, oh, There's something just a little extra special about having a real Christmas tree inside your home for the holidays, the fresh

evergreen scent that fills the air, evoking a sense of tradition and timelessness, instantly transporting you back to cherished memories.

For many families, selecting the perfect tree, cutting it down, and bringing it home is a cherished holiday tradition.

But there's a downside to real trees as well.

The mess they create by the continuous supply of dead pine needles dropping on the floor and disposing of the tree can also be a hassle.

But for some families, it can become part of a tradition in itself.

On New Year's Day 1991, Carl Carlson had a special new tradition

he wanted to share with his three young children, a tradition he had with his own father as a boy, lighting the old Christmas

tree on fire.

That morning, Carl takes his three children out to an area where the Christmas tree is in a field and he

pours gasoline all over because he says I want to show you how fast something can

burn and he lights the tree on fire and it's going up in smoke

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