I love the fresh pine scent of a REAL Christmas Tree. Its just all the pine needles and mess that I really don’t like. We keep it watered, but there are still stiff, sharp pine needles falling in the gifts, sticking into stocking feet and making their way through the entire house! They get stuck in the cracks of my wooden floors and I am still picking them out of the carpet on the stairs every July. Why? Below are a few pictures of what my floors looked like after removing the Christmas tree from our home. . .
I do enjoy the little things in life and one of the things I love most is turning my vacuum on in January and smelling the fresh pine needles inside while I clean the carpets and rugs!
Do you do a real tree or a fake tree?
Which do you like best and why?
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Mandy Haynes
We do a fake tree. Our decision was basically based on how financially cheaper it is. We bought it one year in a day after Christmas sale at half price. It’s prelit which makes it SOOOO much easier. I do miss the smell of a real tree…but they have air fresheners to replace that now. 🙂 I also don’t miss the mess!
Sacha Schroeder
HA HA! I can relate! Love real trees though!
April D. Ralph
fake, definitely! for financial reasons, and sadly now the needles have even started falling off of ours 🙁
Elise
We have been getting fake trees because the last Christmas we had just moved back to FL & were living with family who didn’t celebrate so we had a little one in our room. The 2 years before that, we were in an upstairs apartment & a real tree would have been too much of a pain so this coming year we are super excited to finally have a real one again. Nothing beats a real tree!
Terri Herman
I have an artificial one but I still find some needles for a while. I would love to have a real on but they stir up too many allergies. I do have a wonderful Yankee candle called fresh balsam that makes the season merrier!
Karen Glatt
For many years I had a real tree. I do love the smell of a real tree, but I do not have any way to get one home from the store, so I have a really pretty fake tree that looks real.
Jessica Robinson
We always use a real tree, fake trees don’t require clean up.. But we love the smell of a real tree.
Allyson Tice
Since having kids, a fake tree is a must! I woudl love a fresh tree but they are messy and expensive so fake is the way we go!!
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Sandy Cain
Always a fake tree, my Mpm is allergic to the sap or something in real trees.
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I love the smell of a real tree and really love that you would smell the pine for months when I vaccuum. But we went to a fake tree about 7 years ago and it is so pretty and real looking. We love it now!
Heather Pfingsten
We normally have a fake tree…however…this year we got a real tree. I LOVE real Christmas trees. This is a tradition we will continue next year.
Heather!
While I love the idea of a real tree, I came to the conclusion a few years ago that it just wasn’t worth it anymore. The mess, the danger for fires, the inconvenience and expense, and the whole idea of chopping down a perfectly healthy tree to put its dead body in my living room for a couple of weeks just seemed silly. We use a beautiful fake tree and use other methods to provide the scent of a real tree. I think it’s kinder all the way around!
Michele P.
being from Maine, I have to say I love the live tree! Nothing better than the smell of fresh pine needles on a winter day 🙂
MANDY83
While I would rather have a live tree we usually use our fake one.
Mike
I always noticed the discarded trees by the side of the road after Christmas waiting to be dump down and I feel sorry for that. So this was not a good idea. I have decided that saving 20 real trees from destruction was a better choice for our family as well so I switched to an artificial tree.
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