Always had fake growing up apart from 1st year living in Australia, when we were given a real one and as nice as it was ouch ouch pins in feet and mum said never again!!
Ohhh I love real ones. The smell, and imperfectness...however - dh was the one who had to squeeze it in the car, and put it up and then take it down and get rid of it...and since he's the one who actually does the Christmas tree, he wants what is easier for him, which is fair enough! Helps that he grew up with a fake one...whereas I grew up with a real one and ohhhh that smell. Mmmmm...
Real here! Never had a real one till DH, initially we had the fake one, but then we found a Christmas tree farm where you could go and pick your own. Thankfully we found another farm down this way when we moved. So now it is a little Christmas ritual each year to go and pick the tree. Each year it is the same thing, me going one that the tree is too big and DH going ahead anyway. Then we get this HUGE tree, that he suddenly admits when we get it home that it was too big.
I have no issue with the mess. The only thing is that decorations need to have a string, rather than the small metal loop, other wise they cannot be hung.
fake. I cann't bring myself to kill a beautiful tree just to use as a decoration at christmas. I don't have anything against people who do - they look beautiful, and i have considered it. But i just cann't bring myself to have one.
FAKE: the real ones are too messy and invite too many crawlies into the house.
Can't handle the huge spiders that live in a real tree!
And I can pack up a fake tree by myself. I used to hate waiting weeks for DH to get rid of the dry old skeleton of a christmas tree out of the loungeroom.
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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fake or real??
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
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