Last year with the real trees. As we were cutting it down I turned to my 14 year old son, and said that when he moved out, we were switching to a fake tree. After he helped cutting it down, trimming branches and hauling it in, he said he really didn't mind fake. So we'll be watching the after Christmas sales...:-)
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Real...we usually cut one down ourselves up in Maine on a christmas tree farm.....Griswold style. :-)
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I did real trees for the first 30 some years of married life. The wife refused to even consider an artificial tree. Two years ago I just went ahead and ordered one online. Put the thing up and lit a Balsam and Cedar Yankee Candle.

She was home for about 4 hours before she found out it wasn't real - :-)

So yeah - artificial for me. After this Christmas, based on what I paid for real ones - I'll be saving money!


Ron
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I've had a fake tree for as long as I can remember. We use to have this one with separate branches that got hooked onto a metal pole. The fake that my Grandfather use to put up was even older. Since being in the CG, I haven't done one for myself and with not knowing if I am visiting family, I am passing on a tree this year.
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Definately, do the real thing...the aroma is great during x-mas, almost makes you forget how much money you spent....:-)
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Real...just put ours up last night. I really enjoy the process, the smell, etc. And I've yet to see a fake one that didn't scream fake with one quick look.
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I do fake with the lights attached, and love it.
I don't like cleaning up the dead needles everyday and having to worry about watering it.
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Fake for my family. When I was younger, we used to go cut our own, but that got old really fast, and we lived in the Pine Tree Capital. I guess when you live with the real ones all year long, you get a certain disdain for them.
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As a kid we always cut them down fresh, but we lived in Michigan at the time. The trees there are EPIC ...seriously EPIC. Now down south we just hit the corner and buy a pre-cut fresh tree, the trees here suck. I can only imagine moving to fake trees soon, it makes sense with 3 cats.
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Fake!!! Due to fear of squirrels:-)
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WOW!
How tall?
I should rent a truck and drive down to Florida :-)
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Lol.... i'm not going to lie, I give it a good shake before bringing it in!!
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Fake one. Sucks, but the $600 vet bill when your dog starts eating pine needles sucks!
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Had real for my entire life. Now the kids have moved out and on their own and we have moved into the new house we built, so finally went with fake... It's a nice 9 footer that fits in our sun room beautifully, but I am still getting used to it.
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Realio is the dealio.
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Average we would get was around 9'.

Is that cheap?

I never bought a real one outside of Florida, in fact outside of Boca Raton, that I can recall so wouldn't know how that compares.

Last one or two ran me a bit over $100. I recall no more than $110 though.

Wouldn't even be able to guess what they go for now.
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I usually get an 8' tree for about $45... $100 is pretty steep to me
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fake here.
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Believe me, I agree.
That is why I went fake.
Told the wife I was getting pretty tired of that tag annually.
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My wife puts up 5, yes 5, fake trees every year. But its her thing so I don't argue. I go overboard with Halloween, she does it with Christmas. Our house is very festive.
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