Real or Fake?
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
United States
November 23, 2015 7:46am CST
No, I'm not asking about Boobs...I wouldn't be that impolite!
I am curious as to whether you use a real or an artificial Christmas tree. I watched a segment on TV this morning which is how this topic came to be. A local Christmas tree farmer says most artificial trees come from China so everyone should buy a real tree grown here in the USA.
I think many of us had real trees in our living rooms when we were kids. But real trees do make a mess they can be a fire hazard. You don't have to water an artificial tree or clean up a bunch of pine needles from the floor.
Of course you don't get that pine smell but that can be remedied by putting some pine branches in a vase of water and you will have a nice pine aroma. I will forgo the pine smell for less mess. What about you - real or fake?
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
23 Nov 15
Mine are real but surgically made smaller...oh you mean a tree! 
. Fake. I like real better, but I dont like cutting down trees for a month of pretty, and the dogs try to pee on real ones so....
. Fake. I like real better, but I dont like cutting down trees for a month of pretty, and the dogs try to pee on real ones so....2 people like this
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
23 Nov 15
LOL - surgically smaller...
Years ago first marriage we bought a live tree but we lived in an apartment so it wound up being planted in my inlaws yard.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
23 Nov 15
@Jessicalynnt Now I'm trying to figure out how not to be polite in a response?
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
23 Nov 15
@AbbyGreenhill I like that version, real tree then plant it. and lol, was trying to be polite in how I said that! (FFF-FFFF is a thing...a horrible horrible thing when you have a 34 waist,,,,)
@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
17 Jan 16
A fake tree. My daughter and so inlaw had a real tree for years. They would both spend at least a week sick around Christmas. It seems they were both allergic to the tree.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
17 Jan 16
Allergic to real tree? Wow, I guess they don't go in the woods then.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
17 Jan 16
@Morleyhunt Oh my, I've never heard of anyone having a pine tree problem before.
@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
17 Jan 16
@AbbyGreenhill they avoid getting close to pine trees. Short term exposure doesn't seem to be a problem, but the hives if the tree should rub against them.
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@else34 (13515)
• New Delhi, India
23 Nov 15
@AbbyGreenhill,All my Christian friends use artificial Christmas trees.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
23 Nov 15
I have a feeling that will be the same answer many people will give. Thanks.
@Marilynda1225 (91013)
• United States
23 Nov 15
@marlina I gave up the real tree years ago too cause I couldn't bend down to keep watering it
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
23 Nov 15
@marlina @Marilynda Too messy and I agree with the watering problem
@Marilynda1225 (91013)
• United States
23 Nov 15
Fake!! having a real tree isn't practical for me. I got a beautiful one on QVC a few years ago and it looks as new now as it did the day it was delivered. I'm also a white light person rather than multi-colored lights on my tree
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
23 Nov 15
We got one on QVC last year - prelit - milti and white lights and a zillion other settings. It wasn't cheap but it will probably be the last one we have to buy.
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
23 Nov 15
We had a fake tree years ago that dropped more fake pine needles than we could count.
@Rosekitty (19368)
• San Marcos, Texas
24 Nov 15
I am a recycler so i use a fake..but i'd rather have one i could smell..the real ones are so much better..the cost and waste just hurts to see..
@Rosekitty (19368)
• San Marcos, Texas
24 Nov 15
@AbbyGreenhill oh i don't have asthma so it wouldn't bother me, but i can see how it would affect you..my older sis has that and remember her always in the hospital as we were kids..
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
24 Nov 15
Everyone is talking about he pine spray but I have a problem with sprays and smell - it gets my asthma going.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
24 Nov 15
@Rosekitty Most smells bother me. I use perfume free detergent an fabric sheets even deodorant.
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@tammys85 (31394)
• Baltimore, Maryland
24 Nov 15
We usually use an artificial tree. We did use a real tree one year, and oh boy was that a mess! We were still using carpeted flooring instead of the hardwood flooring, so that made it even better lol. XD So I think now we just stick to an artificial tree, and I assume we're gonna do the same this year.
@LovingMyBabies (85923)
• Valdosta, Georgia
23 Nov 15
I like fake trees better because they are less messy and you can use them every year. It saves money through the years and I get a pine smelling spray that smells like the real thing. =)
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
23 Nov 15
When we got the new ones last year I listed the old one on Facebook yard sale group for $10 and it went to a newly married couple for their first Christmas...and it didn't land in the landfill!
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@LadyDuck (502202)
• Italy
23 Nov 15
@AbbyGreenhill Most smells also bother me, but this one really smells like a real pine.
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
23 Nov 15
@LadyDuck We have a bunch growing in the back I should go pick some branches and bring the inside.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
23 Nov 15
I guess that spray is a hot selling item. I think I'll skip the spray since most smells bother me too much.
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