Do you always buy a real Xmas tree or do you have an artificial one that you use every year?

Question

What are the advantages & disadvantages of each one to you? I put up a real one several years ago and stressed all through the Xmas holiday worrying about it catching fire. My fake tree is fireproof and I don't have to worry about vacuuming up the pine needles for the next 10 months.

Answer 1

The only advantage of a real tree is the smell. And I agree about the concern of a fire. Ask any fireman and he will tell you that there is an increase this time of year in home fires due to trees catching fire. And when they do they actually explode and set everything near on fire as well. I would like to put my decorated artificial tree on wheels and roll it out each year for Christmas. LOL!!!!!

Answer 2

Fake trees don't burn they melt.
I don't buy a real tree, we just go into the woods find one we like cut it down and put it up in the house. If you use a little sugar in the water the pine needles will stay on longer and you'll have more fragrance. Pine needles for 10 months not if you wax the floor under the tree in a 6 foot diameter around the tree, the needles fall and are easyly cleaned up with a dust cloth!!!
Besides with all the fakeness to Christmas now it's nice to know one real thing exsists as a symbol.

Answer 3

I have a Norfolk Pine that's real. I used to hate the idea that people cut down a beautiful tree just to decorate it with a bunch of gaudy ordimants (I know I'm sappy but it is still a living thing). Yet there's nothing like the smell and essence of a real tree. So to balance the two and save myself some work I bought a real tree I don't have to worry will dry out and start on fire, I don't have to feel guilty about stealing its life away, and set up/ take down is a snap. I really enjoy my Chrismas tree becuase I get to watch it get taller every year.

Answer 4

I like the smell of a real christmas tree
but its messy with the pine needles falling
and its a fire hazardous and the apartment building we live in for bids a live one
so we have a fake one that we use every year
but over the years it has accumulate dust
so its pretty dusty

Answer 5

I have a fake tree that looks very real and I like it. I know that it will fit in the apartment every time i put it up, I know how many lights and ornaments I need to decorate it, No worries about fires. But I do miss the piney scent though, (air fresheners are not the same).

Answer 6

Artificial all the way baby! I do miss the smell though, of the natural trees. Happy Holidays to you, Mark C.

Answer 7

KOOL question! I like a real tree only because of the time spent going and picking it out with my wife and stepson; it's fun. If not for them I might not even have a tree. Being with family; part of the season. Just my opinion.

Answer 8

I have a fake tree. It's much less hassle to put up, plus it's easier than a real tree, it's also cheaper because you don't have to buy a new one each year.

Answer 9

Have been using real trees for as long as I can remember. Next year we will probably have to change to a artificial one, cause the real ones are starting to brother my wife's asthma

Answer 10

Real. Not just for the obvious reason, that it smells better and gives that true warm feeling of Xmas, but for not-so-obvious reasons too.

Fake trees are bad for the environment. The chemicals used to make them don't break down properly and pollute our soil, water, and kill plants and animals.

Yes, a real tree means you just killed a real tree. So, plant one in its place, or ten, www.treesforlife.org. And, dispose of your real tree properly by recycling it...