Christmas Tree, real or fake??

**Toby's my baby** · 11-20-2005, 03:20 PM

Sorry to say, but ours is fake too. C.P. loves to climb it though, and knock the balls off. we usually end up with about 5 broken bulbs.

**finn's mom** · 11-20-2005, 03:36 PM

I love the smell of a real Christmas tree, but, that's the only plus to having a real one, in my opinion. Can't think of any others...the artificial ones look as good, if not better, sometime...they don't need to be fed...they don't drop needles...etc. I always just keep a bowl of pine needles for the smell.

**IRescue452** · 11-20-2005, 03:48 PM

We have a fake tree. It looks real and has little "pinecones". Its easier and cheaper. I have a real baby pine and a yule log for my room. I borrow the baby pine tree and bring it back to the woods by the end of December.

**Jessika** · 11-20-2005, 04:01 PM

My parents have a "fake" tree. It's cheaper, more convenient, and the cats won't try to mark it if some wild animal marked it at one point in time haha.

And it has 'fake' snow on it and is just gorgeous!

**chocolatepuppy** · 11-20-2005, 04:22 PM

This is my first year with a fake tree. I'm really looking forward to putting it up earlier. I hated waiting until a few weeks before Christmas to put up the real one. This tree is going up this weekend!

**Laura's Babies** · 11-20-2005, 04:32 PM

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** · 11-20-2005, 05:11 PM

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.

**Tollers-n-Dobes** · 11-20-2005, 06:04 PM

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.

**anna_66** · 11-21-2005, 08:05 AM

We haven't put one up for quite a few years now, but when we do it's fake.

**Alysser** · 11-21-2005, 07:19 AM

We had a real tree to years ago. But of course, Sassy being the little curious mutt, went up to it and started pulling on the tree skirt. Then, the bad little mutt knocked the whole thing on HERSELF and ME! It was scary and it hurt. My mom was cleaning up the mess for two whole days and I was sore for three. So, we have a fake tree now thanks to the little freak of a mutt.

**Alysser** · 11-21-2005, 07:22 AM

Oh yeah, and Sunny(bird) kept flying into the tree and I had to find him without knocking down any of the ornaments. I really miss that. I only had two christmas with him.

**mina'smomma** · 11-21-2005, 07:40 AM

We have a fake tree because even though I like the smell of pine it doesn't like me back and keeps me so miserable that I can't sleep.

**krazyaboutkatz** · 11-20-2005, 10:53 PM

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.