Christmas Tree, real or fake??

[Laura's Babies]

I will not put up a tree this year since I will be working and gone... But last year, I bought a small, optical,, table top tree and that is what I would put up if I were home. I am not into the real ones, they make me ITCH!

[slick]

I'm in a condo so it's a fire hazard to have a real tree, although I'd love to have one. My "artificial" tree is up now and I'm starting to put the lights on. One good thing about it, is that I can keep it up for months and the needles don't fall.

[Corinna]

We always had real tree for my christmas baby(born christmas eve) but i hate the mess and get no help putting it up so I now have a great looking fake one. Piece of cake to out up by myself.
For the christmas smells I use a mix of candles.

[lisalee]

We always have a artifical tree.

[Tollers-n-Dobes]

My family has always had artificial/"fake" trees. We prefer them because they don't leave a huge mess, they don't need to be watered and you can leave them up as long as you want without worrying about it dying.

[cocker_luva]

real all the way!

[AllAmericanPUP]

real tree every year always!!

I dont like fake trees..i dont think they are neary as pretty at all, they also cost alot more around here, a real tree only costs $15 where as a fake tree costs $10 just for a 1 foot tree

[christa]

We have always had a fake tree. They're just so much easier.

If we ever craved the smell of pine, we'd just go outside and cut off some limbs from our pine trees . . . lay them on the mantle or something like that.

[Karen]

Real! Always real, especially as Miss Hoppy regards it as a chew treat, and a nice play to lie under. We have a big kitchen, so it's usually in there, which means the needles are easier to sweep up than they would be on the living rom rug, too.

[Lobodeb]

Fake. I just can't stand to waste the Earth's resources for the sake of decorating my house for 2 weeks. I hate seeing all of the trees that are thrown out the day after. Ugh.

The fake ones look just as good as the real ones these days, and if I really wanted the smell, I'll open a bottle of pine-sol.

Either way, it's moot for me this year because I'm not putting up a tree for Payton to bring down.

[krazyaboutkatz]

Since I've had my cats, I don't put up a tree any more. When I did put up a tree, it was a fake one. I still have it in storage. I wonder if I'll ever be able to use it again.

[Maya & Inka's mommy]

the thicker darker ones don't drop the neddles so much.

Indeed!! That is the kind of tree we get every year . I hope Zazou will behave and leave the tree alone; I'd better ask Maya to teach her

[davidpizzica]

I have an artifical tree that I set upon the living room table since I live alone. If I want to see and smell a real tree I can go to my brother's house on Christmas day. Thank goodness Nikki & Daisy are good with the tree. I don't know what Marigold's reaction will be!

[lbaker]

Real Real Real, "open a bottle of Pine-Sol??" You are kidding right? It doesn't have to be huge and I always put it up on a low sturdy table or something and secure the top of it with fish line tied to the upper window sash so even if a cat climbs up it won't topple. Just a few very special and meaningful ornaments and lots of babies breath from the flower shop. I usually try to buy a live one with a root ball so I can replant it. It works quite well. Yes it can be a bit of trouble but what the heck, it's worth it to me.

[Maresche]

We have a fake tree. It has always been fake, it will always be fake as I'm allergic to pine sap.