Real or fake?

[slleipnir]

Sorry if this has already been posted....but, do you usually get a real or fake christmas tree???

We always get real ones at my dads. It's kinda annoying having to pick up all the needles...but I think they look better, and smell better

My mom has a fake tree. Hers always looks nice...I wouldn't mind a fake one, but at the same time, I like real ones.

What about you? Which to you prefer?

[manda_moo87]

Ours is fake.

I've only ever had a real tree once and there was a nest of Spider eggs in it which hatched... not a fun lol! Ever since then my Mom has sworn she'd never have a real tree again. I personally like fake ones a bit better, but only because they aren't as messy and you can keep them up longer. I do love the smell of real ones though...

[Toby's my baby]

Ours is fake, and always has been. A lot of my friends have real ones, and they like them, except for having to pick up the mess they leave. One year, hopefully we can have a real one....

[.sarah]

We just do what we feel like doing that year. We have a fake tree, but this year we bought a tree from the boy scouts.

[Samantha Puppy]

Real. My husband refuses to get fake, so since he insists on real trees I insist on them being Fraser firs. They've got stronger branches for heavier ornaments and they're very aromatic.

[Suki Wingy]

I just LOVE the smell of the tree! Always real, the only reason I see for fake trees are the colored ones. (white, silver, blue, pink, gold, red, etc.)

[chocolatepuppy]

This is my first year with a fake tree and I don't regret it a bit, I love my tree! I got to put it up so much earlier and no mess.

[Flatcoatluver]

this is our second year of having a fake tree. we always usally get real, but it gets so expensive.

[k9krazee]

What about both This year was going to be our first year not getting a real tree, we set up the artificial one and then the next day ran out and got a real one. It just wasn't the same without the experience of going out and cutting down your own tree. We put the real one upstairs and the fake one downstairs.

[lv4dogs]

When I was really young my parents always had real trees, then when I was in my teens or so we used a fake tree (passed down from our grandparents). Since I moved out on my own though I usually have a real tree. For the first few years I had a real one then for 2 years I got a fake tree & didn't care for it at all. The last few years have all been real trees, cut x-mas trees. This year & from now on I am really using a real tree, one that can be planted outdoors or into a large floor planter. I'm saving trees not killing them!

[Anita Cholaine]

There are no real Christmas trees here... So we have a fake one, but I'd love to have a real one some day...

[Corinna]

Fake due to allergies and the mess. To get the smell (any fragance) I use candles and airfreshners.

[Miss Z]

Both! We have a huge artificial one in the living room and one outside in the porch, then a real one in the hallway and one in our front garden!!! We have a lotta decorations!!!!

[wolflady]

Interesting poll! I was surprised to see the fake trees are more common than the real trees! *laughs*

It's been tradition, ever since I was very little, to go out and cut down the family Christmas tree. I wouldn't have it any other way. I just love the way they smell!

**hugs**

[Logan]

Real tree! This year, we got two, actually! NO FAKE TREES in this house!!