I'm Glad They Make FAKE Ones. Aren't You?
@cmoneyspinner (9218)
Austin, Texas
December 4, 2018 1:39pm CST
There is no doubt that one of the favorite traditions of the Christmas holiday is the fun of decorating the tree. But man oh man! I am so glad we have fake trees!
When I was a kid, my mom put up a real tree every Christmas. But I can remember everybody making jokes about my aunt's tree because it wasn't real. In fact, it wasn't even green. But my aunt ignored all of the jibes and wise cracks and jokes and defiantly put that fake tree up every year!
When I became an adult, I heard my boss say that he had bought a real tree for Christmas. However, when the holiday was over he was going to plant it in his yard. I was so surprised. I had never anybody say they would plant their Christmas tree! 
Most people don't plant a Christmas tree after the holiday. In the city where I live there is a place where people take the trees to be turned into mulch. But let's be real. Years and years and years of chopping down trees just to decorate them for one day out of the year is bad for the environment.
I'm not trying to put anybody out of business because I know some people grow the trees for a living. But I think selling REAL trees for Christmas should be BANNED!
Traditions should not be continued and carried on just because it's tradition! 
I for one am very glad someone came up the idea of FAKE Christmas trees.
Aren't you?
Most people don't plant a Christmas tree after the holiday. In the city where I live there is a place where people take the trees to be turned into mulch. But let's be real. Years and years and years of chopping down trees just to decorate them for one day out of the year is bad for the environment.
I'm not trying to put anybody out of business because I know some people grow the trees for a living. But I think selling REAL trees for Christmas should be BANNED!
Traditions should not be continued and carried on just because it's tradition!
I for one am very glad someone came up the idea of FAKE Christmas trees.
Aren't you?
The history of Christmas Trees, when they became popular and what they mean and represent at Christmas.
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@cmoneyspinner (9218)
• Austin, Texas
5 Dec 18
There are some who disagree with you. I'm not one of them. 
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@scarlet_woman (23463)
• United States
5 Dec 18
i've never liked the idea of cutting down trees for one day..plus fake ones don't make a mess.
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@scarlet_woman (23463)
• United States
30 Jun 19
@rebelann 
yea,the lil one i have you just throw a cover over it.
yea,the lil one i have you just throw a cover over it.1 person likes this
@rebelann (117259)
• El Paso, Texas
30 Jun 19
I think I'll stick with candles and stuff, if I get a teee it'll be a living one I can plant @scarlet_woman
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@Tampa_girl7 (54716)
• United States
5 Dec 18
We had a real tree when I was a young child, but then my parents bought an artificial tree and that is what I have had every since.
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@rebelann (117259)
• El Paso, Texas
30 Jun 19
I like living trees so I can plant them, if the two I have now survive I won't buy any more trees.
@Plethos (13718)
• United States
4 Dec 18
chopping trees is actually good for the environment.
new ones get planted where the trees were cut. they get recycled into mulch or bedding for rodents in pet stores.
some areas collect the trees and drop them into lakes to create spawning grounds for fish and other marine life.
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@cmoneyspinner (9218)
• Austin, Texas
5 Dec 18
Everything in moderation. With proper environmental planning and pruning, the earth can last until Jesus comes.
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. With my own family now, I think we bought a real tree maybe twice . . . all the other times we had our convenient little fake trees.@cmoneyspinner (9218)
• Austin, Texas
5 Dec 18
We had two fake trees. A little one and a big one. The little one got broke somehow as we moved several times. But the big one is still with us. It's about 20 years old. Maybe older. I stopped counting once my kids grew up.
@1creekgirl (44560)
• United States
4 Dec 18
We had a real tree a few times, but we enjoy our fake tree. We're both allergic to the lovely aroma of pine, so no real wreaths for us either.
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@cmoneyspinner (9218)
• Austin, Texas
5 Dec 18
I only had a real wreath because one of my bosses gave me one. I never had a problem with allergies but my husband has terrible allergies.
@cintol (11261)
• United States
4 Dec 18
When we bought our house in MO long ago, the people we bought it from told us the two pines they planted in the yard were their old trees, said they hoped one day someone could just cut one of them down and use it for Christmas! Crazy huh! I guess it would be cheaper that way and you sure wouldn't have far to go to get it, however, I am allergic to those trees so we have had to have a fake one every year.
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@cmoneyspinner (9218)
• Austin, Texas
5 Dec 18
Allergies are nothing to play with. I hadn't even considered that aspect of having real trees.
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@porwest (112864)
• United States
4 Jul 19
I don't know that real trees should be banned. That just seems ridiculous to me. As for Christmas trees in general, they are usually farmed just like corn, beans, wheat, soybeans, and whatever other crop you can think of. It's not like people are necessarily deforesting to get them. And as for the environment, it's wood. It's biodegradable. It poses no threat to the environment whatsoever.
We use a fake tree these days, but I remember when I was a kid growing up we used to always have a real tree. We'd go out and find a sickly looking one, get a discount on it, and take it home and make it very special. We always got the tree no one wanted and made it special.
@DocAndersen (54399)
• United States
1 Jul 19
My dad always bought a real tree every year (with a root bulb) a few days after Christmas we would plant it.
So not all real trees are bad...
