Real or Fake Christmas Tree?

[FireEmblemGuy]

Real, for the true 'holiday' feeling and the fact that there's a Christmas Tree farm a couple miles away- much easier than driving 15 or 20 miles to Wal-Mart.

 

[arctic_flame]

We've got a real one, as we do every year.

They're covered in sap, so therefore they smell nice.
They're better for the environment.
You have to go and get one (How can you think this is a negative??? It's always a great fun little outing with the family. You must all be lazy or something...)
Fake trees synthetic needles hurt much more if you get stabbed by one than real needles (I have a small fake tree in my room)

 

[spokenrope]

We've got a real one, as we do every year.

They're better for the environment.

It's better for the environment to cut down a tree every year than to recycle the same one year after year?

Artificial.

 

[Rulza]

We haven't bought one yet but it's gonna be a real one like every year :>

 

[DjFIL]

i never get one for my own home... but my parents will always have a real tree. i never decorate my home... i'm not really a fan of christmas.

 

[NoSoulX]

Real one too.

Usually we get them couple of days before christmas eve from woods, so they smell nice when they're fresh.

 

[Bitbyte]

An artificial one

. It's not one of those cheap ones though, it looks exactly like the real thing, but I miss the smell :/

 

[arctic_flame]

We've got a real one, as we do every year.

They're better for the environment.

It's better for the environment to cut down a tree every year than to recycle the same one year after year?

Artificial.

Yep. Managed forests, my friend. Pine trees grow quickly, typical christmas trees aren't very old. At the end of christmas, you recycle your tree, and it turns into paper.

Your tree, on the other hand, was probably made in china, using plastic made from cracking crude oil, flown over to wherever you live and will take many thousand years to degrade. There was even a mini documentary about how real trees > fake ones

 

[Psyfira]

Fake. It's like a tradition, we use the same one every year until it hits the point where it can't stand up any more. Our previous one lasted at least 15 years.

I came into this thread thinking fake ones were better on the environment, but there's some very good points being made here that make a lot of sense. Either way, I couldn't bear to end the season of good will by throwing out a dead tree and hanging up a dying one on show in your house, it's such a waste of life. I like plants too much

Plus it depends whether your recycling actually gets recycled or winds up on a landfill in China, but that's a different story...

 

[superrob]

Real - Looks so much better

 

[Mewgia]

fake trees are for teh loozerz

Suffice to say, I have a real one.

 

[Deadmon]

Artificial, always have been.
Getting trees is a real hassle in my area..

 

[spokenrope]

We've got a real one, as we do every year.

They're better for the environment.

It's better for the environment to cut down a tree every year than to recycle the same one year after year?

Artificial.

Yep. Managed forests, my friend. Pine trees grow quickly, typical christmas trees aren't very old. At the end of christmas, you recycle your tree, and it turns into paper.

Your tree, on the other hand, was probably made in china, using plastic made from cracking crude oil, flown over to wherever you live and will take many thousand years to degrade. There was even a mini documentary about how real trees > fake ones

This?

I suppose that makes sense. But, like the video says, I'm just going to keep using my artificial one for a while still. And perhaps I'll do like they say and donate it once I outgrow it.

 

[CreX]

A real ofc!