Christmas Trees - Fake Or Real?

**Lee** · 12-10-2007, 11:48 AM

Do you prefer having a fake or real Christmas Tree this time of year?

Im a huge fan of real trees however, i think this year we're going to be getting a pre-lit fake tree for a change.

Also, how many of you already have your trees up?

Regards,

Lee

**LavenderLounge** · 12-10-2007, 12:17 PM

The Christmases I remember as a youth we had a silver aluminum tree. So a few years ago, I bought one on ebay to go with my kitchy retro interior.

**Squirt** · 12-10-2007, 12:23 PM

I like the fake ones that feel and look real.

Real trees dry up, shed and are sticky and messy. I have a fireplace and don't feel like taking the chance in my new place. So getting a new fake tree, the ones that look and feel real, for a few hundred bucks. Should last a good 5 years or more I 'recon.

Our tree is going up Wednesday :bunny:

**attis** · 12-10-2007, 12:39 PM

I'll prefer to have no Xmas tree at all. As always I'm just glad when 'the season' is over again. :crazy: :bullcrap: :boring: :evilgrin:

**chubbs** · 12-10-2007, 01:06 PM

Real. I always go with the 2 foot tall Charlie Brown tree

Always wanted one as a kid but my parents always got the giant tree. So now I get 1 every year.

Getting the little guy today

Merry Xmas!

--Chubbs

**TropixxxStudios** · 12-10-2007, 01:35 PM

We try to get a live tree that we can plant each year. Our 3 foot Austrian Pine Tree (in a nice blue pot) went up yesturday.

We either plant them in our backyard or at my moms house each year.

Last year we went to a special National Park cutting where you could cut trees they had marked for clearing out of the forest. It was fun to tromp through the snow, find a tree, cut it down, strap it to a sled, etc.

I think that real trees, cut or live in pots, always smell better and look nicer than fake trees.

**Kushiel** · 12-10-2007, 06:19 PM

We could never have real trees when I was a kid, because I'm allergic to pines.

It was hell for my parents when I went to my grandmother and grandfather's house. I was always running off to play in the woods and climb the huge trees they had on the farm.

As I grew up, I exchanged that allergy for cats, but I've still never gotten a real tree. Maybe next year.

**C1R_Andy** · 12-10-2007, 07:08 PM

REAL all the way!!!!!! It's all about the smell

- At least at home; have a small fake one on my desk.

Both my trees were up last week! I love xmas :santa:

helixcash_sean · 12-10-2007, 07:35 PM

Originally Posted by chubbs

Real. I always go with the 2 foot tall Charlie Brown tree

Always wanted one as a kid but my parents always got the giant tree. So now I get 1 every year.

Getting the little guy today

Merry Xmas!

--Chubbs

We used to have a fake tree, but then the dogs chewed it up. Then we started buying real trees, but they'd die too quickly or get knocked over by the dogs or cats, so then we started to buy real trees but we would use dental floss and suspend and attach them to something stationery. End result, we got rid of the dogs and started buying Norfolk Pines. They are similar to Charlie Brown's Christmas tree heheh.. a little healthier looking.

helixcash_sean · 12-10-2007, 07:36 PM

Originally Posted by Kushiel

We could never have real trees when I was a kid, because I'm allergic to pines.

It was hell for my parents when I went to my grandmother and grandfather's house. I was always running off to play in the woods and climb the huge trees they had on the farm.

As I grew up, I exchanged that allergy for cats, but I've still never gotten a real tree. Maybe next year.

Real Cats or Fake Cats..... is there even a solution? :santa:

**DonMike** · 12-10-2007, 07:46 PM

I'm a purest. I like the fake ones. Nothing spells Christmas like a fake tree covered in so many lights, ornaments and tinsel that you can't even see it.

**Lazer** · 12-11-2007, 06:12 AM

We've bypassed the tree altogether this year and got menorah instead. It's less hassle, more presents, and i score mega-brownie points with my bf's mom.

**mistermee** · 12-11-2007, 07:48 AM

For us, real and only real. We love the smell, the touch of the leaves, the eccentric angles of the branches. We're never buy one until after the Feast of the Immacolata (the 8th) and take it down on the Feast of the Epiphany (January 6). I think Christmas is the one time of year where tradition trumps just about everything!