Christmas Trees! Fake vs Real!

[NaeNae]

True. but we eat the meat. They provide nutrition.
The tree's just die though?

eta - Im not trying to debate or offend. I just don't really get the appeal.
I have a real one one year but it was in a pot & I planted it out the back. I named him George LOL

I don't know about anyone else but I am not offended I think its sweet, especially George LOL thats so cute. hmmmm lets see meat provides nutrition yes ... the trees provide something lasting ... a memory, a smell memory! a place that someone can turn to when they are sad or lonely. Maybe I am getting old but remembering that smell one time a year is a very precious one. It makes me feel all warm and fuzzy and takes me back to my youth. Thats pretty powerful and pretty wonderful ... lets call it nutrition for nostalgia.

Look at it this way, its only a mass slaughter once a year, thousands are planted in place and people get something a little magic and special that helps to lift their spirits and get into the festivities another way to look at it ... better to have it slaughtered while its young and pretty rather than when they are old and dangerous ... trust me on that we have a driveway FULL of old Pines (planted around 1879) they are very dangerous.

ETA - Also when they are dead they rot back into the earth feeding other plants and animals and providing shelter for the little grubs ... lets not forget about the grubs when the plastic trees "die" they clog up land fill