Real Tree or Fake Tree? Which Do You Prefer?

[Krisu]

We always had a tradition of cutting down the christmas tree and it was always exciting to bring it home...until we put it up It was always an argument , then the lights When the dust settled after that and we enjoyed the holidays it was always a chore to clean up. Last year I had it! I got an artificial one and put it up in no time. less stress and you know what they say....."if mama ain't happy, ain't nobody happy"

 

[paras4ri]

I never thought I'd ever give up my real tree.....until both of my kids were born in December. We have a great artificial one that looks real and we also burn Yankee Candles to make up for the missing scent.

DS is not old enough to help put it up so it gets easier and easier each year and I truly don't miss trying to get it straight in the stand, etc. My mom does get a real one so we go with her to get it.

 

[Jeff in BigD]

We have a kick-butt fake tree with built in fiber optic lights.

My folks get real & it probably wouldn't feel like Christmas without it.

 

[kdibattista]

REAL trees definitely - I can't even imagine having a fake tree

 

[ShuisFan584]

We have a fake tree because of my allergies.

 

[CaliforniaDreaming]

We have a fake tree, and it does look real. However, it has a gazillion different branches and makes a mess when putting together/taking apart!

 

[LvsTnk]

We had a real tree until we started going to WDW for the holiday then had to go with a fake. Oh Darn lol!

 

[Michelle]

REAL tree, ALWAYS.

Even the year that we got back from a trip late on 12/23 and went driving around in the fog on 12/24 trying to find a tree...we ALMOST gave up and got an artificial tree...but then we magically FOUND a lot with REAL trees left and half off to boot.

We will never get a fake tree.

 

[EROS]

ARTIFICIAL..........it looks great, and we no longer have our annual pineneedle cleanup headache

 

[captin fink]

Real

When I was a kid my GP had one of those aluminum foil trees with the colored light wheel. Scared me for life

 

[Jeepers Lady]

real for sure -- even when you accidentally find an old needle in July -- (I don't always get awards for vaccuming)

 

[catsrule]

Fake Charlie Brown tree.

 

[disykat]

I miss the real, but have allergies - so have fake. I am glad there are so many others here with allergies - people always act like I'm making it up! I wish I'd done it years earlier.

The other advantage of fake is we can leave the day after Christmas on our trip to visit both sets of parents without taking it down first. It was always a pain, but I was too afraid of fire to leave it up unattended.

 

[dizneenut]

Artificial. We bought a new fake one last year that is pre-lit and even rotates. I love it!

 

[Jenn]

Fake all the way! We did real a couple of years ago. Never again because....

We have a huge family room with cathedral ceilings so we bought a 10 foot real tree one Christmas. The day we tried to take it down we discovered it was so heavy it shifted and had bent the screws in the stand and the screws were imbedded into the trunk, so we couldn't unscrew it from the stand. Of course, the stand was filled with water so we had no choice but to tip it over on its side, spilling the water all over the place (we put down towels). Then, the stinking tree was so heavy (all that water it soaked up) that we couldn't lift it. So, my husband had to saw the tree into 3 pieces in my family room to get it out. I had water, needles, sawdust and sap all over my house.

NEVER AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[antnee]

I prefer a live tree. I love it when I come home and the smell of fresh pine is in the air, but clean-up can be a pain in the butt
It definitely beats an artificial tree, with pine tree air fresheners in it