Christmas Tree Train Set Christmas Tree Is Not Drinking Water...advice.?

Christmas tree is not drinking water...advice.? - christmas tree train set

I have to buy my husband for our Christmas tree this year .. alone. Big mistake. The tree is beautiful. Yesterday, we make the composition, the creation of the tree, lights, hanging ornaments. Then my husband said that the tree is not drank a lot and hope that it is not dry. I said, "Well, you had cut into the trunk, do not you?"
I have a stupid blank stare back. I can not believe it! We've always had to bear and inches from the ground, and now acts as if he never heard of the term. Grrr.
Nevertheless, there is a tree covered in rubble and ashes. Anything you can add water and open, perhaps to drink?