Real or Fake?
I'm talking about Christmas trees folks - get your mind out of the gutter!!!!
The big debate this weekend - do I get a real tree or an artificial tree this year? I grew up with real trees, the idea of a fake tree would have made me wrinkle my nose in disgust. However........ the thought of having a tree that doesn't die a week before Christmas because I ALWAYS forget to water it, no fighting with a tree stand that inevitable leans to the right anyway, and not having to clean up needles of the floor for the next month is sounding more and more appealing. That and the fact that my husband won't be able to "surprise" me with a 14 foot monster in my living room like he did last year. I also have allergies to some trees - this seems like it should be a bigger part of my consideration process, but truthfully it's sort of on the bottom of the list.
Cautious and hesitant for change as I always am - I start researching online. My goodness the variety out there! The are are loads of things to consider - number of tips, number of bulbs (because if I'm going fake it's SO going to be prelit with lights!), needle type, and even color! Who knew the true range in colors that Christmas trees have? From the dark green of a pine to the blue/green of a spruce, to the truly bizarre neon red and even aqua!
But I can't shake the feeling that it just won't be Christmas without the smell of a real tree. Do I dare just buy a real wreath to hang in the living room and call it a day?
It seems that everyone I talk to has grown up with their tree one way or the other - no one that has had both and can really compare the two experiences. Hhhhhmmmmm.......
We'll see what I end up with - I'll keep you posted!
The big debate this weekend - do I get a real tree or an artificial tree this year? I grew up with real trees, the idea of a fake tree would have made me wrinkle my nose in disgust. However........ the thought of having a tree that doesn't die a week before Christmas because I ALWAYS forget to water it, no fighting with a tree stand that inevitable leans to the right anyway, and not having to clean up needles of the floor for the next month is sounding more and more appealing. That and the fact that my husband won't be able to "surprise" me with a 14 foot monster in my living room like he did last year. I also have allergies to some trees - this seems like it should be a bigger part of my consideration process, but truthfully it's sort of on the bottom of the list.
Cautious and hesitant for change as I always am - I start researching online. My goodness the variety out there! The are are loads of things to consider - number of tips, number of bulbs (because if I'm going fake it's SO going to be prelit with lights!), needle type, and even color! Who knew the true range in colors that Christmas trees have? From the dark green of a pine to the blue/green of a spruce, to the truly bizarre neon red and even aqua!
But I can't shake the feeling that it just won't be Christmas without the smell of a real tree. Do I dare just buy a real wreath to hang in the living room and call it a day?
It seems that everyone I talk to has grown up with their tree one way or the other - no one that has had both and can really compare the two experiences. Hhhhhmmmmm.......
We'll see what I end up with - I'll keep you posted!
posted by EB @ 10:34 AM
2 Comments:
At 1:49 PM,
Anonymous said…
I've had BOTH!!!!
When I was really little, we had real. Then my parents got a fake one and it never occurred to me as a kid to care. Then I went away to college and the only thing I asked for when I cam home my first Christmas was a real tree...we've had a real one ever since, except I have to buy it and put it in the stand and decorate it. I suggest that you get a fake one and light a Pine smelling candle and then someday when one of your kids ASKS for a real tree...you give them $30 and the keys to the car, like my mom did and she sent me and Brendan off to get our own tree. The kids won't care right now and neither should you.
At 12:35 PM,
Turtle_Dove said…
I had grown up with a real tree throughout my childhood. As an adult my own tree was artificial for the same reasons that you mention. The thing is - everyone who sees my tree thinks it's real. I guess once you cover it with lights and glass bulbs and homemade ornaments from the kids and tons and tons of tinsle (god I hate that stuff - lol)
The only thing the stands out that it's fake is: it is up and decorated in a couple of hours rather than days after letting it drop into place from being bound up, no hidden bald spots to strategically cover with really big/heavy ornaments, no mess to clean on a daily basis, nothing to water, no need to take the pets to the vet for eating the needles/branches, no needles clogging your vacuum until July, it comes down in minutes and packs away neatly, it pays for itself in two years yet lasts forever, no dragging it out to the curb where it sits for 3 weeks, and no dead-leaning right tree to look at on Christmas Eve.
My advice - Go fake girl. You can get the smell and the feeling of Christmas with a spray or a candle, the kids will only recall the presents anyways... lol.
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