...and a fire place or fire pit wrap up empty boxes up tonight and/or tomorrow. Wake up Friday morning and panically proclaim, what if Santa stopped at a house that has covid before he got here?!?! Odds are almost certain that he will have, and frantically throw all the wrapped empty boxes into the fire.
Wait until about 4pm before getting their actual gifts out. Apologize for having had to burn the PS5.
Lol
One thing kids like is to be tricked. For instance, I was going to take my little nephew to Disneyland, but instead I drove him to an old burned-out warehouse. "Oh, no," I said, "Disneyland burned down." He cried and cried, but I think that, deep down, he thought it was a pretty good joke. I started to drive over to the real Disneyland, but it was getting late.
—Jack Handey
Don't burn wrapping paper.
In reply to Woody (Forum Supportum) :
You say that like were not supposed to be burning old couches, mattresses and house paint.
Only burn couches in Morgantown. Don't y'all know anything?
Seriously, don't burn wrapping paper. Bad for the chimney (ever see a chimney fire?) and your safety; thanks for the PSA Woody.
So,why not burn wrapping paper? I mean, specifically? Something in the coloring?
And i LOVE the idea of torching the empty boxes....
Dusterbd13-michael (Forum Supporter) said:So,why not burn wrapping paper? I mean, specifically? Something in the coloring?
And i LOVE the idea of torching the empty boxes....
Based on a childhood experience, I'm guessing chimney fire. We were burning wrapping in the wood stove one Christmas when all of the sudden it sounded like someone was driving an empty freight train up and down the chimney. Fortunately, my dad was prepared with chimney fire suppresser and managed to get it put out before it either spread or damaged the chimney. I think the issue is because it's so thin it burns EXTREMELY fast, it generates too much heat and can ignite any residual creosote in the flue.
I stacked and burned 3 couches last month. Well, 2 couches and a near couch sized chase. 20+' flames. Unfortunately the tree over the pit was about 15' high. Thankfully we had fresh snow that morning so things stayed damp and not too on fire.
In reply to Brian(formerly neon4891) :
Toxic fumes...
I don't think the issue is the height of the flames.
do it outside then...
Wrap the presents in newspaper then?
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