Movies always seem to show Americans having real trees - does anyone own a plastic one?
2007-11-27 20:58:06 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Christmas
Yes, those of us who live in apartment buildings have plastic or artificial Christmas trees. We are not allowed to have live ones because they can be a fire hazard and are hard to clean up after.
2007-11-27 21:22:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Christmas trees originated in Germany in the 1500s. When Germans started coming to America in the 1700s, the custom came with them. The trees were usually evergreen, coniferous trees symbolizing everlasting life. The original decorations included candles, fruits, nuts, and paper ornaments. During the 1800s, cookies and candies were added as decorations, and during the 1900s, electric lights replaced the candles. These days, trees are often decorated on a "theme," although many people collect ornaments over a lifetime and decorate their trees as an exhibit of memorabilia. For the past half-century, artificial trees have become common, making it possible to start decorating much earlier than in the past, when a cut tree had a useful life of a maximum of two weeks before it started to shed needles and become a fire hazard. On the other hand, an increased environmental consciousness has caused many people to want to return to using live trees and then recycling them in some way.
2016-05-26 04:57:39 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Grew up on the fake tree. It's less messy. I actually thought I was doing the world a favor by buying a fake tree that can be re-used year after year. Only to realize that buying a real tree is much better for the enviroment.
Sigh
2007-11-28 01:40:10 · answer #3 · answered by Violet 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We do, and it works well,
easy to decorate, and you dont have to slave every day watering and cleaning the fallen pine needles.
However, if you get a plastic christmas tree you need a pine smelling spray or poupouri to perfect the christmas atmosphere.
2007-11-27 21:03:05 · answer #4 · answered by blueangel 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
*sigh*... even though i am an atheist, and Christmas is a pagan holiday and the Christmas tree is a European tradition... it makes me a bit sad to use a fake tree...
yea..lots of Americans use fake trees
2007-11-27 21:06:26 · answer #5 · answered by rantan1618 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yeah lots of people use fake trees.
2007-11-27 21:05:09 · answer #6 · answered by wxyz 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We use to have an aluminum one back in the 60s
2007-11-27 21:11:04 · answer #7 · answered by Ynot 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have a fake one
2007-11-27 23:26:21 · answer #8 · answered by buckeyefever7 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I DO ^^ lol so does most of my friends
2007-11-27 22:30:28 · answer #9 · answered by ☆♫♥Seиsaтioиal™♥♫☆ 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
pretty well EVERYBODY
2007-11-27 21:48:32 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋