Abstract: An evergreen tree stand with safety and filling features includes a base container, a tree hold-and-lock mechanism and a watering mechanism. The base container has an open top and is adapted to receive and hold water and a cut evergreen tree. The tree hold-and-lock mechanism is connected to the base container top and operates like a drill chuck. It has vertically disposed plates facing the center that are functionally connected to a tree chuck collar. The collar is rotatable in clockwise and counterclockwise directions. When the tree chuck collar is rotated in direction, the plates move toward the imaginary vertical center line, and when the tree chuck collar is rotated in the other direction, the plates move away from the imaginary vertical center line. This enables a user to tighten and loosen the mechanism to hold and release a cut tree such as a Christmas tree.