fake or real??

[Astrid]

Some of you might be surprised to know that is it more environmentally friendly to have a real tree than a fake one. The tree gives good stuff to the atmosphere during its life and then gives itself back to the earth once we are finished with it. The fake ones pump a lot of CO2 into the air during the manufacturing process and then sit in landfill.

[briggsy's girl]

we have an artificial tree - as much as real trees are lovely, i find that pine smells give me mammoth migraines - i can only visit friends who have real trees for short periods of time. pine cleaners and candles do the same thing... sucks big time cos it smells so good - but it knocks me on my butt every time

[Indadhanu]

Fake here, but we always had a real tree growing up.

Sometimes dad would go chop a massive eucalypt branch, stick it in a pot, and decorate that. Those were 'traditional Aussie Christmas' ' he would say, but I suspect it was because they were free hehehehehe
It was doable as my parents put the tree up on Christmas Eve, so it barely got time to go brown before it was given back

[Rouge]

Real here! We had a fake for many many years, but last year we had real... and I don't think we'll be going back to fake!

[Daydream Believer]

fake here so I can put it up early & take it down late, I put the tree up on the weekend of the Christmas parade & DF has a go at me every time, but my excuse it I have to clear the presents that Ive bought all year out of my wardrobe so I can start on next years present shopping

[Rouge]

Some of you might be surprised to know that is it more environmentally friendly to have a real tree than a fake one. The tree gives good stuff to the atmosphere during itself and then gives itself back to the earth once we are finished with it. The fake ones pump a lot of CO2 into the air during the manufacturing process and then sit in landfill.

Awesome point. And not just that but the trees are farmed, they aren't cut down from areas of wild trees.