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For those celebrating Christmas: REAL or FAKE tree?

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Contributor: LavenderSkies LavenderSkies
Quote:
Originally posted by Sir
I love the scent of a real tree.
Definitely- reminds me of youth
12/17/2010
Contributor: Carrie Ann Carrie Ann
Our lease won't let us have real trees, which saddens me to the core.
12/17/2010
Contributor: Maiden Maiden
I didn't feel like putting up our HUGE fake tree this year, so went and bought a two foot one that is pre-lit. So much easier, and less chance of my toddler trying to climb it! Only thing is, we didn't realize that we bought a BLACK one. Seriously, it's black tinsel. I have seen all types of colors, but never have I seen a BLACK tree. Black is one of our fav colors, so it's pretty cool, but I wanted my son to have something more traditional. Oh well, we are too lazy to return it, so I just put all of our red and silver ornaments on it. It's looks nice. I just wish we had bought a small star for the top. The one we have is for our HUGE tree, so we put it on there, but it is WAY too big. lol
12/17/2010
Contributor: misslady misslady
Fake. More convenient, cheap, and eco-friendly. Plus, my parents are from a tropical country where all Christmas trees are fake anyway, so nobody feels like they're missing out on the scent of fresh pine or anything because none of us have ever been used to it!
12/17/2010
Contributor: meganthomas meganthomas
Quote:
Originally posted by Carrie Ann
Our lease won't let us have real trees, which saddens me to the core.
That stinks! Why the heck not?? As long as you clean up after it, I can't imagine it being a serious problem..
12/17/2010
Contributor: Avant-garde Avant-garde
We always have a real fake tree on christmas
12/17/2010
Contributor: Rainbow Boy Rainbow Boy
Always fake. They're much easier to manage, some come pre-lit, and clean up is easy.
12/17/2010
Contributor: C4ss C4ss
Always fake as well.
12/17/2010
Contributor: slynch slynch
We've had our artificial for years
03/07/2011
Contributor: Mr.RightNow Mr.RightNow
real. i love the smell
03/10/2011
Contributor: zeebot zeebot
Real trees, fake ones don't have the lovely tree smell.
03/10/2011
Contributor: Redman88 Redman88
Haha! This is a little old isn't it? I love real trees but I'm never allowed to have one!
03/10/2011
Contributor: honeybee7484 honeybee7484
Always been real. We would go out to a tree farm with the entire extended family. I live away from home now so I miss that tradition but still get my real tree.
03/10/2011
Contributor: Splendwhore Splendwhore
I prefer real, but fake is the best option for our tiny one bedroom apt. Our faker isn't even full size, but a mini one. We have to keep it up on a table or bookshelf so the cats don't eat it.
03/11/2011
Contributor: Cream in the Cupcake Cream in the Cupcake
I love the smell of a real tree. Its nostalgic.
03/24/2011
Contributor: SaucyMan SaucyMan
Oh, most definitely real. I love the smell of it. Sure, it's a bastard to clean up, but it's worth it to have the pines whiten naturally, ever so slightly, so that it looks like they're frosted or snow laden.
03/26/2011
Contributor: hjtee hjtee
Fake! They last much longer, and you can leave it up as long as you want.
03/29/2011
Contributor: SaucyMan SaucyMan
What, until July?
03/30/2011
Contributor: callsignhusker callsignhusker
fake is such a harsh word, how about re-usable or faux lol
04/04/2011
Contributor: PersonalAngel PersonalAngel
Real would kick my allergies into high gear and would not stop sneezing all winter long.
04/04/2011
Contributor: purplekidney purplekidney
We've done something different every Christmas we lived together. The first one, we went to the tree farm and got a real tree. The second one, we borrowed a tiny potted tree from his mom and decorated it. This last year we didn't even bother with a tree because we were at family's house all week.
04/06/2011
Contributor: Steve of Eden Steve of Eden
Real = too much clean up... plus my Mom is allergic...
07/09/2011
Contributor: Shellz31 Shellz31
Back when we use to celebrate it, we just had a fake tree. It's easier!
07/12/2011
Contributor: amandaco2011 amandaco2011
Fake tree. Less worry about getting it out of the house quickly.
07/13/2011
Contributor: v23 v23
I've always used a fake one.
07/13/2011
Contributor: Errant Venture Errant Venture
Real. Yeah, it's expensive and it takes a lot of time to clean up, but I like the feel and smell of it.
07/13/2011
Contributor: Eucaly Eucaly
I love the smell of a real tree, but hate everything else about it. So, overall, prefer a fake tree.
07/20/2011
Contributor: CAKES CAKES
I always go with a fake one because they don't make a mess.
07/20/2011
Contributor: Ava5 Ava5
A fake tree because it's better than cutting down a perfectly good tree and then throwing it away. And it's much lower maintenance
08/10/2011
Contributor: SiNn SiNn
Quote:
Originally posted by LavenderSkies
Real or fake? Trees, that is!
i like both sometimes real simetimes fake but i chose real
08/10/2011