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[C.Ann]

Real - or artificial?

And if it's artificial, is it green - or some other color?

We have a green artificial tree at DD's..

 

[rabx5]

9 foot artificial. It's beautiful when decorated, but I hate climbing a ladder to decorate it

It's traditional green

 

[MelanieC]

We have 3 - one real one we go cut down for the living room, and one fake for the Family Room and one fake for the basement.

 

[Hedy]

Real! We had fake the first 22 Christmases of my life, then we FINALLY got a real tree my senior year of college-I was crazy excited to get it.

 

[Pin Wizard]

It's been a long time since I've put a tree up. I really need to do it this year though since DS was asking about one. As a kid, we always had a real tree--scotch pine. That's us sniffing the air.

 

[C.Ann]

Real! We had fake the first 22 Christmases of my life, then we FINALLY got a real tree my senior year of college-I was crazy excited to get it.

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When will you get it? Do you cut your own?

 

[ead79]

We have an artificial green tree. We used to have a real one, but quite a few of our ornaments are just too heavy and pull the branches down too much.

 

[EpcotSweetHrts0512]

We have an artificial tree and I really love it! It looks like it was freshly cut from some forest because it's got little pinecones and berry things all in its branches... so it's KINDA like having a real tree....

 

[december]

Fake 7ft green tree. Our allergies don't allow for a real tree-doctors orders for ds11. I saw a black one the other day, and it was gorgeous! And I'm looking for a small pink one for dd9's room.

 

[stacyp9]

We have the world's most pathetic artificial tree. We are a demented household that loves the Charlie Brown X-mas special and it's sad little tree and hates the idea of tossing a perfectly pathetic, er I mean OK hand me down tree in a landfill. Our family mocks us every year. It is one of our traditions.

 

[twinklebug]

We had real ones when I was tiny and then my parents got a fake one...

So, from the time I was on my own on until just last year we've always had real. Last year I gave in and bought a pre-lit artificial tree from target as I'm tired of lugging in and out the tree with all the skin sticking needles (I'm the only one I trust to wire the tree ) So fake it is Odd thing is the thing seems to have a mind of it's own on what section of the tree it wants to have lit and when. Called CS and all they said was "it must be a bad bulb... check them all" ROTFL... yea, that defeats the point of having a pre-lit (besides the lights won't come out of their sockets)

Not sure we're setting our up this year... we'll be in FL over Christmas...
thinking yea... not worried about a fake one catching fire or falling over while we're gone

 

[C.Ann]

Fake 7ft green tree. Our allergies don't allow for a real tree-doctors orders for ds11. I saw a black one the other day, and it was gorgeous! And I'm looking for a small pink one for dd9's room.

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Too bad you're so far away.. I have a pinkish/very light purple-ish Disney tree (put it up one year for my DGD when my late DH & I were still living in our own home) that's just sitting in a box in my DD's attic - lights, decorations, and all..

 

[TnTsParty]

Growing up we had a fake tree - it was decent size but you could still tell it was fake (it was the 70s after all) Once I got on my own me and DH always had to have a real tree and I started always getting a blue spruce (love, love, love those trees - besides having skin allergies to it - I still loved the way the looked) But 2 years ago after Christmas I found a great deal on a 7.5 ft fake tree ($50) @ Home Depot. Last year was the first year putting it up and and it is beautiful.

Thankfully I don't have to worry about buying a real one anymore and the mess it makes. I also like being able to put it up whenever and not having to plan out the weekend I go get it so that it doesn't die before Christmas rolls around.

 

[Hedy]

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When will you get it? Do you cut your own?

Probably after i get home from Vegas (12/16) although maybe earlier as my mom's not going away this year. We pick ours out in a lot.

 

[HelenePA]

Fake 7ft green tree. Our allergies don't allow for a real tree-doctors orders for ds11. I saw a black one the other day, and it was gorgeous! And I'm looking for a small pink one for dd9's room.

Try big lots. I know they have a big pink tree there. My dd#2 wants it.

We have a fake one but its too small for our living room. So we've gotten fresh for the past 2 years. We'll get fresh again this year.

 

[Michelle67]

Fake and green. It's an inexpensive one but it is decent and looks reasonably real without dropping needles all over my house.

My best friend has to have a noble every year (and pays through the nose for it). Her family has a neat tradition, though. The Sunday after Thanksgiving they get together and have breakfast, then go to the tree farm together and get their trees, and have a tailgate party for lunch.

 

[agentpleakley]

Always --- always a real tree. We try to find a tree that is anywhere between 12 and 15 feet. (I would get taller if I had a bigger ladder). We go to a Christmas tree farm and cut it down ourselves.

 

[Diznotyzed]

We have always had a real tree, both when I was growing up and in my own household. Now my environmentally minded DD24 wants us to get a live tree in a pot, and plant it somewhere after Christmas (My parents did this one year when I was little). Problem is, we don't have anywhere good in our yard for that. Plus, it's spendy. Admirable, but I think we'll be getting a cut tree.

 

[Pooh67_68]

Artificial and green.
This is only the 3rd year with a fake tree, before we always had a live one. John convinced me to get a fake tree, by telling me I could decorate much earlier then what I could with a live one.
So now I decorate Thanksgiving night, but I may start even earlier this year.

 

[luvmy3]

Fake 7ft green tree. Our allergies don't allow for a real tree-doctors orders for ds11. I saw a black one the other day, and it was gorgeous! And I'm looking for a small pink one for dd9's room.

I'm going to ask ds's allergist about this. I remember reading an article about real trees and allergies last year and when I mentioned it to dh he just brushed it off. My ds has seasonal allergies and asthma and has never been bothered by our real tree but I don't want to risk it.