Nah, cut 2~3 cm of the bottom of the tree and keep it sitting in water, it’ll last 2+ weeks easily and it’s not easy to set fire to a live hydrated tree, even when it’s pine.
Now putting real candles on the tree is a slight risk factor, but if you get the old fashioned or cheap kind, the candles will burn all the way down and slightly bake/singe the pine needles, and that makes your house really smell like Yule!