Be Careful of your Christmas Tree [Death Trap]

Christmas is over and the New Year has come and gone. All that's left is for you to take down all the decorations from your tree. 

If you are lazy like most people, your tree will sit there and slowly die until it's the end of February or you are embarrassed by people heckling you that you still have a Christmas tree up in May! But be warned, keep watering your tree or this may happen:

This video was posted by NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology).

Source [Boing Boing]