We love to get the real ones. Noble fir. They smell so good. A bit on the spendy side though. We live a quarter mile from a huge Christmas tree farm so it’s convenient. Most people I talk to these days get the fake ones. What say you?
When I was growing up we did real ones for awhile. We would go as family to get one at a tree farm. There is something fun in the tradition of that for young kids. As I got older we switched to a fake one and never looked back. As an adult we did a real one for our son for a few years, but have a fake one now that we use. It's easy and goes with our post Thanksgiving tradition. We can easily pull it out and decorate it. We just put it up this past weekend. It looks great. Downsides to a real one: You have to water it, pine needles get everywhere, though it does smell good, and then you have to pay to get rid of it after Christmas. A fake one, like I said provides easy access, and can be used over and over. The only two downsides are the missed tradition of going in person with the fam to get one and the limbs get bent if you aren't careful.
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I got a real one from a tree farm in Battle Ground. Cost me about $100. Definitely going to invest in a good fake tree someday. It'll pay for itself in a few years.
Had real trees until 10 years ago. Went with a smaller artificial tree we put on table in front of picture window. Much easier to deal with and Ive saved literally 100's.
I have a local family-run business, I will come to your house and put up a fake tree for you, for $100,000. barfo
Cutting our own at the tree farm was fun tradition when the kids were young. But as they got older and lost interest, we transitioned to a realistic looking fake tree. Both choices have trade off. My wife got around the lack of "tree smell" by purchasing some type of Xmas blend potpourri. In the end, neither the kids or the grandkids seemed to care either way. It was what was under the tree that was of interest. Now we just have a 6' feather tree and call it good. Growing up, my one set of grandparents had one of those silver tinsel trees, with the color wheel light that revolved and turned the tree different colors. As tacky and gauche as you can probably go and my siblings and I were fascinated by it. I have since seen them in antique shows and shops and they go for around $250. No accounting for taste......
