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OK, so I'm early for The Holidays. But for those who'd like to keep their dog or cat out of the Christmas tree, this works for most pets I know of.
Buy or make some tiny (2"-3") Christmas stocking to hang on the tree. Fill with hot red pepper, red pepper flakes, or ground ginger. (Or any other filler that you know your pet can't stand the smell of.) Baste the top of the stocking closed, and hang from tree. (I had cats, so hung a half dozen stockings around the bottom branches. We have a large tree.) Be sure to use fresh spice every year.

Another thing I did was hang metal bells around the outside of the bottom branches. (Well, they were pretty.) When kitty thought the shiney things would be great to play with, they'd be squirted with mild vinegar water. After the second year, they realized the shiney things were off-limits.

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