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NATION, Page 49American NotesCHRISTMASEau de Skunk For Thieves
Stealing that pretty little evergreen from a neighbor's
backyard and setting it up as a Christmas tree in your living room
is a dirty trick. But some enterprising Coloradans are striking
back at would-be tree snatchers with a pungent recipe: fox urine,
a drop or two of skunk essence and glandular extracts from cats,
ferrets or muskrats. Sprayed on evergreens, the Scrooge Christmas
Tree Protector, at $6 per pt., raises a stink to warn off tree
rustlers. If a "Scrooged" tree is moved into a heated house, the
putrid perfume gets really intense. How long before the scent wears
off? Says Scrooge creator Major Boddicker: "For sure, by spring
it'll be gone."