fake or real??

[AngelPunks]

fake - but I used to have a Norfolk Pine tree in a pot until xh decided it would be good in the garden and one of the neighbours cut the top off it for their own giftmas tree

when I move, I will have one in a pot again for my giftmas celebrations

[helle]

Fake.
Ours is black, and we deck it all out in silver decorations... it looks pretty speccy actually.

[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

[Cherished]

Good question. growing up mum always insisted on a real one, but you know it made such a mess! and now days if I had a real one (cut down like back in the old days) I'd have to answer to all the environmentalists explaining what Astrid said on how the fake ones make more CO2. I guess it would be nice to grow one in a pot but it wouldn't suit my garden... So I've got a fake 6ft thick green one

[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.

[sconeonamission]

We have a fake one, but as kids we had a real one... You know I was only thinking about this the other day... I think I'd like to have a real one this year... should mention that to dh when I pick him up from work. I'm sure he's going to say no. Ours isn't up yet.

[LionsandBears]

We had real growing up. I love the smell, but not the mess. I hadn't thought about the effect on hayfever sufferes - DH has ahyfever. Anyway, a real one wouldn't fit in the car and we don't have a trailer. I'll go get a fake. one

Teagz - a black one sounds cool - where did you get it?

I'm doing red and silver decorations this year, so that would work well.

[{sarah}]

Last year we got our first fake one ever, growing up & in our first 7 years of being married we'd go to the Christmas Tree Farm & cut our own down. Our problem was that it was getting too expensive at $40 a year when I could buy a nice $120 fake tree that will last 10 years.

I really do miss the smell though

[Trillian]

As little kids we always had a fake one, then for a few years we did real, but its just too messy. When I moved out of home I went back to fake. I brought a new fake one last year and I'd like to think that it will last us for as long as we need a tree. I think I'd be divorced if I ever brought a new one ROFL. I did marry the Grinch though