For those celebrating Christmas: REAL or FAKE tree?

Contributor: JRabbits JRabbits
We use a fake one but I love real ones.
08/10/2011
Contributor: toysforall toysforall
fake is just so much easier. we used to do real, but it's just too messy!
08/16/2011
Contributor: Crystal1 Crystal1
I like fake trees- no vacuuming up countless pine needles or keeping it fresh!
08/16/2011
Contributor: FaerieLove FaerieLove
I'm allergic to real trees </3
08/21/2011
Contributor: Antipova Antipova
The only reason to have a tree at all is for the scent... plastic just hasn't got pitch.
08/21/2011
Contributor: Jimmy Stevenson Jimmy Stevenson
Fake tree. Not as much as a fire hazard.
09/02/2011
Contributor: Yaoi Pervette (deleted) Yaoi Pervette (deleted)
I love real trees. They remind of being small and hiking through snow with my father at a tree farm. We picked a tree, cut it down, and hauled it home. I love that live tree smell! Unfortunately, I live in an apartment with limited space, so I have a smaller fake tree.
09/02/2011
Contributor: oldhippy oldhippy
With a cat (who recently passed),3 dogs, and grandchildren; (the children have all left home), we don't really need a large tree any more. We have a small artifical tree that we decorated a few years ago, then took down, wrapped in a sheet and stored in the basement. Each year since, we unwrap it, finish the setup and place it on a card table. It is artifical with a revolvin glight in the bottom, and a couple of strings of blinking lights on the tree. A real tree is nice, just no longer practical for us.
09/02/2011
Contributor: Bignuf Bignuf
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Originally posted by LavenderSkies
Real or fake? Trees, that is!
Prelit, white light only LED (no heat, no burned out bulbs...EVER, in a natural green color. VERY pretty. No mess.
09/03/2011
Contributor: Bignuf Bignuf
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Originally posted by Jul!a
I know there's something awesome about having the real tree, but honestly, unless it's in my yard, there's something much more awesome about not having to clean up after it, lol
Bingo. After a few decades of expensive real trees...at a high price and with a big cleanup issue....fake is VERY nice.
09/03/2011
Contributor: Bignuf Bignuf
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Originally posted by DeliciousSurprise
Well, we don't chop it down from our back yard but my apartment always has an 8 foot christmas tree sitting in the living room.

We do tie it to the hood of the car and drive it home.
But, no, it's never fallen off, yet, but every ... more
Honest advice. We did this one time, with a nice, new white car. It cost $1200 to have the scratches buffed out and painted and there were still two spots on the roof damaged by sap we did not see that had eaten through the clear coat AND paint. They would have cost another $800 had we decided to paint the entire roof....the only option to really match these two inch round damaged areas. Moral of the story...CAREFUL with real trees on car surfaces.
09/03/2011
Contributor: Bignuf Bignuf
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Originally posted by Cream in the Cupcake
I love the smell of a real tree. Its nostalgic.
You know, that is the ONE factor about "real" that seems to evoke the MOST response...the SMELL. What a powerful emotion trigger that is!!!!
09/03/2011
Contributor: Bignuf Bignuf
Does seem the EF "family" likes those Fake trees overwhelmingly if I count correctly. It may explain why there are less and less "real" tree dealers by the roadside every year.
09/03/2011
Contributor: Yaoi Pervette (deleted) Yaoi Pervette (deleted)
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Originally posted by Bignuf
Does seem the EF "family" likes those Fake trees overwhelmingly if I count correctly. It may explain why there are less and less "real" tree dealers by the roadside every year.
I wouldn't be surprised that lower demand for live trees is a factor. I got my pre-lit fake tree at Wal-Mart for $40, and I have used it year after year. In this economy, it probably makes more sense for people to purchased a inexpensive fake tree and use it over and over again.
09/06/2011
Contributor: CherryDyke CherryDyke
Real. I just love the smell
09/06/2011
Contributor: The Curious Couple The Curious Couple
We use a fake tree just because it's easier and cheaper.
09/06/2011
Contributor: emiliaa emiliaa
My family's had mostly fake ones.
09/06/2011
Contributor: systematicweasel systematicweasel
I get a fake tree every year because if I get a real one I get sick. Used to get sick from the real ones all the time when I was a kid.
09/07/2011
Contributor: idunshire idunshire
I am fake trees all the way. (It is my personal goal in life to own a pink or silver tree. I'm pretty tacky ^_^) I hate all the critters that come in with a real tree and it just gets ruined by my cats..
09/07/2011
Contributor: Ash1141 Ash1141
I always do a fake tree. Cheaper and not toxic for the cats.
09/16/2011
Contributor: Beaners Beaners
Nothing beats the smell of a real tree. I can't wait to get a little tree with my boyfriend this year. Super cute!
09/16/2011
Contributor: Jenni Shelton Jenni Shelton
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Originally posted by LavenderSkies
Real or fake? Trees, that is!
even thou I love the way real trees smell, I hate the mess when it starts to die.
09/19/2011
Contributor: emilia emilia
A fake tree
10/13/2011
Contributor: TameTemptress TameTemptress
Fake, with a scented candle in the room somewhere, haha.
10/13/2011
Contributor: DeliciousDrip DeliciousDrip
I have two real xmas trees on my front lawn but I get a little fake white one to put inside my living room..
10/13/2011
Contributor: Vanille Vanille
We had a fake tree for a while because my Mum had reactions to real trees. Past couple of years we've had real ones and Mum has been well. She's taking allergy shots now too, anyway.
10/13/2011
Contributor: CutiePatootie CutiePatootie
Fake, I barely do Christmas.
10/19/2011
Contributor: CutiePatootie CutiePatootie
Fake, I barely do Christmas.
10/19/2011
Contributor: domsub1993 domsub1993
Fake is easier and I can put it up for a longer time.
10/19/2011
Contributor: karay123 karay123
I have to have a real tree, even if I am cleaning up pine needles into March.
10/19/2011