Real or Artificial? The Christmas tree debate.
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For those posting house pictures, they are gorgeous. When can I move in? Seriously, I have been doing artificial since my husband started traveling, and my grown sons, who are still home with me, started working unpredictable shifts. Plus, we got rid of a minivan that died, which we used to use to transport the tree. I'm not sorry. I just have one son bring it upstairs, and we put it together, and then decorate. We used to fight over how straight the real one was, keeping it from tilting, fall over, etc. Plus, I'd be sweeping needles up into May.0
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Artificial! The real ones hurt when you step on fallen needles and frankly, I freak out about fire hazards.
Plus pre-lit is a pretty amazing thing.0 -
Artificial for the house, but a real one in the garden
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I'm not only going for real...but living.
There are several different companies that do it, but they keep the trees in pots, deliver it to you (because it's so heavy) you keep it a month, they pick it up and grow the trees for the upcoming year and it will be someone else's tree next year.
It's my first year doing it, but it's supposed to have far fewer needles shedding, its good for the environment..and it's kinda awesome.
http://www.livingchristmas.com/0 -
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.
No...but that sounds awesome!
Do you have a picture you could post? Or is there a picture on the internet that is similar? I saw a few different versions when I searched.0 -
Like most guys, I don't care if they are real or fake. I may say I don't like fake ones but that is only to appear less superficial in an effort to convince you to show me your real one(s). Occasionally the real ones are messy and get droopy while the fake ones are pretty obvious but no less appealing.
For the record, I've only experienced real ones but I would not turn down a chance to check out some fake ones.
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Hi joannah700 I'm so sorry I don't have a picture, but they are really pretty and you can find how to make them on the Internet under Christmas kissing bough-home-city of Pickering. I'm new to the Internet and not very good at it! Anyway I believe they were originally Celt or Druid in origin and it would have been a great way to sneak a crafty kiss in more decorous times before queen Victoria's husband introduced the Christmas tree. Once the hoops are covered in greenery you can hang glass ornaments or anything you fancy from them, and I have a light inside mine. The important bit though is the mistletoe and it was believed if you grabbed a berry whilst kissing that would be the one you married. Worked for me! LOL0
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Lol, I have redwood and fir trees all around my yard. Heck when I rake it smells like Christmas all year around.
Because fake trees are fake. Real ones smell like Christmas.
All I have to do is open a window.
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Lol if we all can only be so lucky to have your credentials and outside decor. :laugh:0 -
I'd trade my credentials for the Mega Millions winning lotto numbers.
Lol, I have redwood and fir trees all around my yard. Heck when I rake it smells like Christmas all year around.
Because fake trees are fake. Real ones smell like Christmas.
All I have to do is open a window.
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Lol if we all can only be so lucky to have your credentials and outside decor. :laugh:
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Hi joannah700 I'm so sorry I don't have a picture, but they are really pretty and you can find how to make them on the Internet under Christmas kissing bough-home-city of Pickering. I'm new to the Internet and not very good at it! Anyway I believe they were originally Celt or Druid in origin and it would have been a great way to sneak a crafty kiss in more decorous times before queen Victoria's husband introduced the Christmas tree. Once the hoops are covered in greenery you can hang glass ornaments or anything you fancy from them, and I have a light inside mine. The important bit though is the mistletoe and it was believed if you grabbed a berry whilst kissing that would be the one you married. Worked for me! LOL
Love it! I found a few online.
And if you do find a picture you can right-click on the photo, and select "copy image url". You can then paste that in the forums here. To make sure it shows up though you need to include [*img] before the url (no spaces) and [*/img] after the url (no spaces).
But take out the * symbol. I only included that here because otherwise you wouldn't be able to see my explanation.0 -
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Artificial here! Easier all the way around. No pine needles, no sap, no strong smell. And they come pre-lit! Hello, lazy!0
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I don't care what other do. For me, only real in the house. It is the BEST quality time with my family and friends, and I LOVE being outdoors.
Just back Sunday from our annual trip.
Pre-trimmed, just letting it settle a few days.
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Real all the way!! The smell of pine I love0
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Artificial. Allergies. Achoo.
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Artificial. I hate bugs and the smell of pine.0
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Fake all the way! Fake with flocked snow, and two little tinsel trees (themed). I love Xmas! (didn't get it growing up). Everyone freaked out that I never used real trees, so I caved and got one , one year. I picked it out at night and didn't know you need to make sure it's straight, (DOH). The friggin thing was awful, the needles dropped everywhere, and it was tippy as heck, and then ended up falling over and killing half my ornament collection (which I admit was due to my own stupidity). So fake, fake, fake. Plus, I feel kinda bad that a tree got cut down just for me. I'm tenderhearted like that.0
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We had a few years of real when I was a kid (not so long ago, as I'm 19) but we've only had artificial for a long time. The same one, it stayed in the attic when we had the real ones. It's more environmentally friendly even if it's falling apart after 14 years! The pine needles were always a pain to hoover even if I liked the smell, and then it goes all brown after Christmas which makes me sad :c0
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Real 100%0
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I like fake ones if they're done well.0
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Real for sure. My husband and I have started a tradition with some friends of ours. Every year at the beginning of December we all go out about an hour away from home to a tree farm to cut it down. Then we get a good dinner out. It's become our thing. Can't wait til a few years from now when we all bring our kids along :-)0
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I too grew up with the same artificial tree, it came in three boxes and it was exciting to me to go into the storage and get out the ginormous boxes and find the color coded branches. I would sort them pile them and then begin building. To me the smell of Christmas is a musty old tree from sears in three beat up original boxes. (my father claimed allergies but he also conveniently developed an allergy to cats and dogs when we started wanting pets) That tree is long gone and as a young adult I wanted my children to grow up with a real tree. Now, my children are a little older and I am a single parent and the thoughts of going to a lot, trying to find a tree that has a reasonable shape for my liking, spending 40-50 bucks on it, throwing it on top of my new car and dragging it inside, making a mess remembering to water the damn thing (a reason I can't keep houseplants) I don't have the time or the money when I have three artificial trees in my basement (which all are going up and will be decorated) So why bother? This has been a difficult decision for me this year..silly I know but I have decided to go back to fake for now
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I too grew up with the same artificial tree, it came in three boxes and it was exciting to me to go into the storage and get out the ginormous boxes and find the color coded branches. I would sort them pile them and then begin building. To me the smell of Christmas is a musty old tree from sears in three beat up original boxes. (my father claimed allergies but he also conveniently developed an allergy to cats and dogs when we started wanting pets) That tree is long gone and as a young adult I wanted my children to grow up with a real tree. Now, my children are a little older and I am a single parent and the thoughts of going to a lot, trying to find a tree that has a reasonable shape for my liking, spending 40-50 bucks on it, throwing it on top of my new car and dragging it inside, making a mess remembering to water the damn thing (a reason I can't keep houseplants) I don't have the time or the money when I have three artificial trees in my basement (which all are going up and will be decorated) So why bother? This has been a difficult decision for me this year..silly I know but I have decided to go back to fake for now
Not silly at all. Part of the reason I'm getting a living Christmas tree is because I know they will deliver inside my house and pick it up at the end of the month. I don't want to haul in a tree! And because it's living...fewer pine needles fall.0 -
Lol, I totally remember (and I think my mom and dad still put this tree up) where you unboxed each "branch" and they were color coded on the end of each wire that you stuck into the pole that corresponded with that color!!!!I too grew up with the same artificial tree, it came in three boxes and it was exciting to me to go into the storage and get out the ginormous boxes and find the color coded branches. I would sort them pile them and then begin building. To me the smell of Christmas is a musty old tree from sears in three beat up original boxes. (my father claimed allergies but he also conveniently developed an allergy to cats and dogs when we started wanting pets) That tree is long gone and as a young adult I wanted my children to grow up with a real tree. Now, my children are a little older and I am a single parent and the thoughts of going to a lot, trying to find a tree that has a reasonable shape for my liking, spending 40-50 bucks on it, throwing it on top of my new car and dragging it inside, making a mess remembering to water the damn thing (a reason I can't keep houseplants) I don't have the time or the money when I have three artificial trees in my basement (which all are going up and will be decorated) So why bother? This has been a difficult decision for me this year..silly I know but I have decided to go back to fake for now
It's so much easier now with just 3 pieces, put them together and then just "fluffing" out the branches with pre lit lights. Only thing you have to put on it the ornaments and voila, tree done in an hour!!!
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I like real because they are bouncier. Artificial look amazing but are less satisfying0
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Artificial. I am highly allergic to the real trees and wind up with sinus issues, vomiting, and diarrhea. Yeah, I love the real trees because they are really beautiful. However, my body appreciates the artificial trees.0
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I prefer real. That's what I grew up with. And I like the whole experience of going out to the tree farm, picking out the perfect tree, cutting it down.0
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I love the smell of real trees, but I refuse to buy a real tree because I disagree with the unnecessary death of a live tree... such a waste of something that could have lived a long, beautiful life. Not a fan of watching a tree slowly die and drop it's needles until it's tossed aside like rubbish. My artificial tree is gorgeous and looks real.0
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I love a real tree. But I have not had one since my dogs took dumps under the last real tree I bought - I guess they thought it was like a doggy litter box
So I go with the smaller artificial tree that I can put up on a table so the dogs won't eat the ornaments.0
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