Real or Artificial? The Christmas tree debate.

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  • Ninkyou
    Ninkyou Posts: 6,666 Member
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    Just got our REAL tree today.

    It's pretty big... floor to ceiling. If I had to guess, I'd say it's like 9 ft? :smiley:

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    My tree was $54.99... but I get trees for free because my family owns a local business that sells Christmas trees in the winter.
  • BlueEyedRedhead
    BlueEyedRedhead Posts: 5,169 Member
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    Ninkyou wrote: »
    Just got our REAL tree today.

    It's pretty big.

    Stunning! :)

  • JazzFischer1989
    JazzFischer1989 Posts: 531 Member
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    We've always had a fake tree. I don't see the point of getting a real one tbh.
  • kbmnurse
    kbmnurse Posts: 2,484 Member
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    Real or nothing.
  • dancingwaif
    dancingwaif Posts: 17
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    Fake for sure!! Pay $30 once, have a pretty tree for years; no worry about pets; no pine needles to sweep and vacuum; no struggle with dragging a real tree home, etc.
  • ninerbuff
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    Another thing about a fake tree that's advantageous....................no tree sap.

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  • Ninkyou
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    Sometimes with real trees you get a free squirrel! BONUS!! o:)
  • abbeyjones1994
    abbeyjones1994 Posts: 188 Member
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    Since my family got a dog who had a taste for pine needles, we've gotten an artificial tree and used it every year. It doesn't bother me either way, although I'm one of those people who puts a "pine fresh" car air freshener in the tree to make it seem authentic.

    However, my parents told me that since both my brother and I are away at college now, they don't see a point in decorating that much for Christmas...even though we'll both be home from the week before Christmas to the week after New Year's. #wut
  • randomtai
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    ninerbuff wrote: »
    Another thing about a fake tree that's advantageous....................no tree sap.

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    That's a minus for me.
    JazzFischer1989 wrote: »
    We've always had a fake tree. I don't see the point of getting a real one tbh.

    Because fake trees are fake. Real ones smell like Christmas.
  • Spnneil06
    Spnneil06 Posts: 18,745 Member
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    I'm allergic to real ones so I have to go artificial. However I've had the same tree for years so think of all of the money I've saved!!!
  • Spnneil06
    Spnneil06 Posts: 18,745 Member
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    ninerbuff wrote: »
    From the earliest time I can remember, I've always grown up with an artificial Christmas tree. It was easy to put together, take down, and I didn't have to worry about pine needles (which I am allergic to) all over.
    But I was in a relationship in the 90's where my GF at the time was so "Earthy", that she refused to have an artificial tree. So for 3 years I endured, buying a tree, finding a way to make it balance correctly in the stand, clean up pine needles, and then drag it out of the house to get rid of it.
    After that relationship, I went directly back to having an artificial tree and have never looked back.
    So I just put my tree up, and with a smile, sprayed some "pine tree scent" to finish the job.

    So real or artificial for you?

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    I am allergic too! Never met another person who is!
  • donnysoule
    donnysoule Posts: 1,185 Member
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    all about that fake.... who wants to be vacuuming needles until June?
  • Holly_Roman_Empire
    Holly_Roman_Empire Posts: 4,440 Member
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    I broke up with a guy because he didn't like real Christmas trees. So yeah, real all the way.
  • patrickblo13
    patrickblo13 Posts: 831 Member
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    Real all the way. I Clark Griswald it every year
  • Gawanne79
    Gawanne79 Posts: 11 Member
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    Does anybody still make the pre Christmas tree old English kissing boughs? Two large hoops, made into a ball shape, each one wound with holly and fir, suspended from the ceiling with a red/green tartan ribbon and with real mistletoe at the bottom. Great if you have a big hall, and what an excuse for dear old uncle as he comes in.
  • SonicDeathMonkey80
    SonicDeathMonkey80 Posts: 4,489 Member
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    I prefer my Christmas tree to be free of processing and toxins, so real all the way like paleo man once did.
  • Kenda2427
    Kenda2427 Posts: 1,592 Member
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    A very real looking artificial one so I can put it up nice and early and enjoy it longer. I love Christmas and want to squeeze everything I can out of it.
  • LouLouStBijou
    LouLouStBijou Posts: 987 Member
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    Only ever real. I grew up with a mother who thought artificial trees were the work of the devil - LOL - I have never been able to change my own mind on that one.
  • wolverine66
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    NerdieMcChub wrote: »
    Fake tree for me. Allergies :(

    same here. if i want to breathe in December, then we have to do fake

  • ninerbuff
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    randomtai wrote: »

    Because fake trees are fake. Real ones smell like Christmas.
    Lol, I have redwood and fir trees all around my yard. Heck when I rake it smells like Christmas all year around.
    All I have to do is open a window.

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