Creosote is a liquid made from coal tar.
It is good for soaking fence posts prior
to setting them so the termites don't eat
them.

Christmas trees don't contain creosote.

I think you might be referring to the sticky
pine sap.

I hope this helps.

CN


"katysails" wrote in message ...
But then don't all those old pine trunks fly all over as shrapnel? We just
put ours (except for this year) out back and hang old fruit and suet from it
for the birds...then it goes in the burn pile in the spring...not worth the
trouble of chopping up the trunk for fireplace wood because of teh creosote
content...