FJ!

I was discussing this whole "issue" with my gf the other day. She said each year her Mum used to get the tree, pop it outside, spray the whole thing with surface spray and leave it overnight so all the creepy crawlies died. Then she brought it inside the next day spider free, popped it in a bucket with some water and a bottle of lemonade to help the sap or something??!? and it lasted easily into the new year!