New Holiday Fear Unlocked: Christmas Tree ‘False Spring’

Bringing home a real Christmas tree might be more dramatic than you think, because the warm, cozy air inside your house can trigger a sudden “False Spring” that wakes up thousands of dormant insects hiding on its branches. Families are discovering everything from wandering spiders to hatching praying mantis eggs, all thanks to a weather-driven temperature shock that flips these tiny creatures from hibernation mode into spring flingers.