Posted December 8, 2007 Having just set up my Christmas tree while listening to christmas songs i'm starting to get in the mood of Christmas! (even though it is pouring with rain outside!) We more often or not put up our fake Christmas Tree it is easier than a real one as it doesn't drop needles, you don't have to go searching for one (though that can be fun. ) and it costs less. When we do have a real christmas tree however, i find them much more beautiful than the artificial one and it looks and great and smells pine fresh. This year we have gone with the fake one and have put the lights on it and it looks good. :awesome: Do you get a Real or Fake Christmas tree? And for the Poll which do you prefer? Or maybe you just don't get christmas trees!? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted December 8, 2007 I get one of each at home. One of my cats loves sleeping in the artificial one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted December 8, 2007 Where's the "both" option? We've got a little fake one, a larger one and the last two years we've gotten real ones. Fake ones are better for the lack-of-mess, but real ones smell awesome. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted December 8, 2007 Has to be a real one. Makes the place smell like Christmas. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted December 8, 2007 Sorry didn't realise people got both... can someone put the option in? or is it too late...? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted December 8, 2007 i fake it ...every year. in fact i've never had a real christmas tree. it's better for my carpet and my wallet! ..and the environment? i guess...? there's an evergreen tree in my garden ~ but he's a free-range xmas tree... he gets to go au natural during the christmas period... happy little trees ^__^ (bob ross would be proud!) ..plus i dont really care for "tree smell" ... my mum is a pot-pouri addict so the house will smell like "christmas" whatever i do >__< Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted December 8, 2007 We used to go to local forest of sherwood to get a real tree. However we got a new cream carpet one year and we purchased a fake one so we didn't get the mess. However this year i think we'll be getting a real one again Hurray! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted December 8, 2007 The smell of a real Christmas tree is awesome. Really takes me back to my childhood to. Real! Cant be beaten! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted December 8, 2007 Always a real one. The ones with the soft needles don't shed anyway. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted December 8, 2007 We had a real one once, didn't do much in the nasal sense. But was a pain in the arse because of the needles falling off. Fake orgasms/trees all the way. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted December 8, 2007 Real ones are sooooo much better. But Mum hasn't let us have a real one for the last few years because we have young cats who would totally ruin it, they attack the fake one enough as it is. Hopefully soon she'll theink the cats are mature enough to get a real one, they are soo much more christamasier! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted December 8, 2007 Never had a real one in our house We have a fibre optic tree, which I shall be putting up soon! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted December 8, 2007 Real ones are sooooo much better.But Mum hasn't let us have a real one for the last few years because we have young cats who would totally ruin it, they attack the fake one enough as it is. Hopefully soon she'll theink the cats are mature enough to get a real one, they are soo much more christamasier! Spray the tree with small amounts of citrus-y stuff (Cats hate the smell of it). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted December 8, 2007 Spray the tree with small amounts of citrus-y stuff (Cats hate the smell of it). I read that as cyanide... We have fake ones, it drops enough plasticy stuff as it is, a real one would just get annoying the amount of.. would you call them leaves? That's just come to me, are they leaves? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted December 8, 2007 ..and the environment? i guess...? Tbh i'm not sure about this one! Surely it's a fairly sustainable thing- trees are planted every year for future demand. Don't think they're hunted too much! If we didn't have xmas, maybe we'd have a lot less evergreens covering the surface? I don't know! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted December 8, 2007 That's just come to me, are they leaves? Yup. They are leaves. Tbh i'm not sure about this one! Surely it's a fairly sustainable thing- trees are planted every year for future demand. Don't think they're hunted too much! If we didn't have xmas, maybe we'd have a lot less evergreens covering the surface? I don't know! Real Christmas trees are massively more environmentally friendly than artificial ones. Real ones usually get replaced by two new real ones. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted December 8, 2007 Tbh i'm not sure about this one! Surely it's a fairly sustainable thing- trees are planted every year for future demand. Don't think they're hunted too much! If we didn't have xmas, maybe we'd have a lot less evergreens covering the surface? I don't know! Tree hunting eh? It's gotta be pretty hard to hunt down trees. (well, it is if you're letty or jordan) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted December 8, 2007 Fake because I'm not around to water it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted December 8, 2007 As requested, "both" is now an option and it's the one I picked. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted December 8, 2007 I was having this discussion today with a friend. He gave the whole 'real trees make a mess' argument. Personally the pine needles don't bother me, but even so, it's a small price to pay for the authenticity of a real tree. Not only do they look better, but as has been mentioned, that fresh smell carries such a sense of nostalgia with it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted December 8, 2007 We always get real at our house Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted December 8, 2007 Always use to have a real one, but now we always have a fake one. The real ones used to mess the floor up something rotten, but then again, so does the fake one we have now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted December 8, 2007 For some odd reason my fake tree has picked up the smell of a real tree over the years. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted December 8, 2007 Fake fake fake fake. We've had teh same articial tree for the last 7 years. And it, my friend, is still going strong. (We've still got the one before, but it's a piddly little thing. The newest one is 5ft.) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
