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    <title>topic 🎄 Keeping Pets Away From Christmas Tree 🎄 in Friends &amp; Family</title>
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    <description>&lt;P&gt;I have always gotten&amp;nbsp;a real tree, &lt;span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":evergreen_tree:"&gt;🌲&lt;/span&gt; and have had struggles keeping the cat away from them. &amp;nbsp;Last year I bought a pretty brass Tree Collar, and that has helped somewhat. &amp;nbsp;At least the cat is not messing with the water in the tree stand now! &amp;nbsp;But the lights and decorations are another story, even though they’ve been placed further up. &amp;nbsp;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I’ve tried squirting oranges around, as cats tend to not like that smell. &amp;nbsp;Works for a very short time.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;FONT size="5"&gt;Anyone have luck with keeping their pets away from tree?&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT size="5"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Live tree or otherwise.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2025 20:00:29 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>SereneSeagull</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2025-12-12T20:00:29Z</dc:date>
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      <title>🎄 Keeping Pets Away From Christmas Tree 🎄</title>
      <link>https://community.aarp.org/t5/Friends-Family/Keeping-Pets-Away-From-Christmas-Tree/m-p/2645093#M11453</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;I have always gotten&amp;nbsp;a real tree, &lt;span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":evergreen_tree:"&gt;🌲&lt;/span&gt; and have had struggles keeping the cat away from them. &amp;nbsp;Last year I bought a pretty brass Tree Collar, and that has helped somewhat. &amp;nbsp;At least the cat is not messing with the water in the tree stand now! &amp;nbsp;But the lights and decorations are another story, even though they’ve been placed further up. &amp;nbsp;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I’ve tried squirting oranges around, as cats tend to not like that smell. &amp;nbsp;Works for a very short time.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;FONT size="5"&gt;Anyone have luck with keeping their pets away from tree?&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT size="5"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Live tree or otherwise.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2025 20:00:29 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>SereneSeagull</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2025-12-12T20:00:29Z</dc:date>
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