When I was younger and living back home in Scotland, we had a real one. But mum got sick of vacuuming the pine needles and still finding them in the carpet 6 months later so she switched to fake.

I'd love a real one here but don't think it would last too long - I like to put my tree up on the 1st Dec. So we have a fake one which is just as lovely - well, not quite but I tell myself it is.

And for every tree they cut down for xmas apparently 2 more are planted.