Help me decide!

[Craftlady]

I vote for artifical.
Once you've seen a house go up in flames because of a real tree (in our neighborhood when I was in highschool in 1970's), real tree gotta have goes out the window.

[moosmom]

I am a big fan of real trees. However, since my little "room" has no space for any kind of tree, I got 2 Yankee Candles in the scent of Mistletoe and light them whenever I'm home. If I want to see a tree, I just close my eyes, imagine a beautiful tree in the corner with lights and tons of tinsel, then I inhale. It's the best I can do for right now. Besides, my fake tree is packed away in Michigan.

I also think Vela is right, since Ashley isn't paying for it, go with what YOU want.

[krazyaboutkatz]

I also voted for an artificial tree. You don't have the extra money to spend, they're a fire hazard,and they have to be maintained. If your kids want one so bad then make them pay for it and maintain it. If you want the nice pine smell you can buy this in a can and spray it whenever you want the room to smell like a tree.

[Miss Z]

I reckon the artificial one will be fine. My family have had an artificial one for quite a while and I think we'll always have fake trees now, we kept getting too many pierced toes from steping on the fallen needles! I like the idea of removing the back branches, ours is also huge so that could be an idea for me too

[catnapper]

Thanks again everyone! I'm putting up the fake tree t onight and will be removing a lot of lower branches to save room. No idea where the swing will go yet

[Sevaede]

Geez, Kim! If I wire you the money will you ship a tree to me? (jk! ) Here, just the tiny little trees in the grocery stores are a hundred dollars or more.

I would stick with what you have available. I second the febreze pine smell. They also have a couple of other scents available as well!

[kuhio98]

Geez, Kim! If I wire you the money will you ship a tree to me? (jk! ) Here, just the tiny little trees in the grocery stores are a hundred dollars or more.

I know what you mean. Trees here are $80 and up!

[jenluckenbach]

OK, lets see if I understand the choices......

1-Use the gorgeous, $300 artificial Christmas tree, that you already have, that looks better than ANY real tree in the lot, that was given to you by a wonderful friend (me)

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOR

2-Spend money (that should be paying your bills, vetting your cat, and diapering your grandson) on a real tree that will dirty up your living room in a week and not meet your expectations of perfection, just because someone thinks it will be ugly? (is that the same ugly as Camry's perfectly good clothes?)

hhhmmmmmm.....which do you think is my choice??

[catnapper]

Jen, I must admit this tree is the single most gorgeous artifical tree I ever saw! You know I love this tree! Its just HUGE! LOL I am actually glad I decided to put it up.... its what I actually wanted to do all along, but I had others in the hosue who wanted a real one this year (and years past)

I hope this question didn't insult my dear friend Jen!

[Lizzie]

I know what you mean. Trees here are $80 and up!

The whole pricing issue on Christmas trees seems very strange to me. I think of Alaska as having plenty of trees. I know that Washington state has plenty of trees. Fifteen years ago, I dug out my own living Christmast tree from a tree farm and it cost me $30. I don't want to imagine what it would cost me now. More, probably, than buying a bare root noble fir from a nursery.

I voted for the artificial tree also. Glad you put it up and are happy.