Sorry, that's true, but not the answer, I'll give you a hint on it though, you wouldn't want to be out in a lightning storm with it
If you plant it at the fireplace and it grows up, yes. Yes it can. Also I'm joining this now, because ponies. Edit: Then again, you could probably burn it down... but REGARDLESS.
An umbrella? An open umbrella can go up a chimney, but not down it, and there's been a lot of cartoony lightning strikes with em.
Yes he can, because evil Mr.Tree lives inside chimneys, so Mr.Tree can only go up them, because if he went down them he would die.
Everyone vote Question Mark for POTY 2012. Maybe then he'd finally see the care and love he's been looking for and stay with us!