My friend and I staggered home with a living tree to decorate for Christmas, and we'd like to try and keep the poor thing living so we can plant it in the garden after Christmas.

It appears to be in good health, and is in a fairly large pot (the tree itself is just over six feet tall).

How can we best look after the tree, particularly in terms of any watering? The man at the shop where we bought it was very blase about what we did with it and wasn't much help.

Thanks,

Mercy