Christmas tree stand with safety and filling features

An evergreen tree stand with safety and filling features, which comprises:

• (a) a base container having a bottom with a flat support area, and having sidewalls and an open top, said open top having an imaginary vertical center line, said open top being adaptable to receive an evergreen tree, said base container being adapted to receive and hold water for replenishing water to a cut evergreen tree placed therein;
• (b) tree hold-and-lock means connected to said base container adjacent its top, said hold-and-lock means including a plurality of vertically disposed plates facing said imaginary vertical center line, said plates being functionally connected to a tree chuck collar, said tree chuck collar being substantially horizontal and being rotatable in clockwise and counterclockwise directions, wherein when said tree chuck collar is rotated in one of said directions, said plurality of plates move toward said imaginary vertical center line, and when said tree chuck collar is rotated in the other of said directions, said plurality of plates move away from said imaginary vertical center line;
• (c) watering means connected to said base container, said watering means being a retractable hose and a funnel wherein said retractable hose has a lower end and an upper end and is substantially located in said base container except for said upper end, said lower end including stop means to maintain said lower end inside said base container when said hose is retracted, and said upper end having a funnel connected thereto.