Real or fake..........

[Craftypig]

Which is your preferred Christmas tree, a real one or a fake one. I want a real one this year, but not sure how close to the actual event to get it. If i get it too soon is it likely to wilt or if I leave it too late there wont be a great deal of choice left....

[albaqwerty]

One of my local shops sells real ones, haven't seen them yet.

Maybe the 10th or so would be a good time to buy one. I've heard that spraying it with bairspray keeps the needles on longer but maybe that's just an urban myth

[pastafreak]

In my experience,a fresh tree would last about 2 weeks...so we only ever got one about a week at most before Christmas. They don't wilt-they dry out and look quite sorry for themselves.

[Old_Geezer]

Neither I nor the family have had a real one for years. I think I prefer them, but in my case there's only me at my address so I tend to put up a few token items at most. A tree doesn't make the list.

[sara3]

we always had a real one.. I love the smell of a real tree :o)

but a few years a go, I fell for a red tree (fake, obviously!) with little white lights, so that's what we have.

but my daughter has decided she's bored of it now, so not sure what's happening this year!

[B00]

We always had a real one, but after almost keeling over 2 years ago over the price of them, I caved and we bought a fake one. Apart from the smell of real ones, I don't miss them, and I certainly don't miss the prices!

[Craftypig]

Growing up, we always had a fake one but last year I was given a real tree from an event that the company I work for produced. It was the first real tree I ever had. It was the icing on the cake as far as decorating for Christmas goes.

[venator]

Fake. Had enough of trying to get pine needles out of our cream carpet.

Bought an upside down one last year - things hang better if you see what i mean ...

http://kristielynnnic...n-christmas-tree.html

[daffy654]

I always have fake, the gaudier the better. We had a shocking pink one and a black one until last year when I caved and bought a green one. If I can't get a new decent gaudy one this year then I won't bother with one at all.

[B00]

Oooo no venator, that's just wrong, the baubles do hang better, I'll give you that, but it just looks so wrong!

[Misky]

We always have a real one. I will buy it next weekend while there's still a good choice at the garden centre, and stand it in our garden with the netting on in a bucket of water after cutting a cross in the base of the trunk. Then it goes into the living room the week after (after a good shake). It's worth it, it smells lovely on a morning when we come downstairs... Get a stand where you can keep watering the tree.

[rowanwitch]

Fake tree combined with silver fir essential oil smell of a real tree but no dropped needles

WARNING don't use pine essential oil even though it is easier to find or your house will smell like a toilet...

[venator]

That's a cracking idea, Rowan - I'll Google/Amazon/eBay some right now.

[sara3]

no amount of essential oil will fool anyone into thinking my red tree is real ;o)

[notasyoungasiwas]

Real ones are definitely the best, if not just for the lovely smell. We always had a real tree when we were kids, made Christmas even more magical. I just have a fibre optic one now, but it's lovely and I love it !