What kind of tree do you use

[Pat Kelly]

With the Christmas season here I figured this would be a good poll.

What type of tree do you have?

 

[F8LBITE]

Our building doesnt allow for real trees because donkeys kept catching them on fire. We have a crappy little tabletop tree.

 

[jonclark96]

We have an artificial tree because of my wife's allergies. I grew up with real trees, but after have the fake one for a while, I really like it. No mess in the house, they always have the right shape, and the one I have now is prewired with lights! I can go from stored in the garage to fully set up tree in less than 20 minutes.

 

[msjinkzd]

We get the biggest tree we can and cut our own. This years:

 

[Lively]

We have an artificial tree - allergies. Last live tree we had, eldest daughter and I had a headache until we got it out of the house. It barely made it through Christmas - I pulled it down before all the gift wrap was cleaned up!

 

[mscichlid]

Artificial because I had to have a narrow tree because of my small house.

 

[mrkillie]

Artificial. See no good reason to kill a perfectly good tree. It looks great, we don't have to mess with the sapand pine needles everywhere, worry about watering, worry about when to take it down. Plus non-allergenic so all of our friends can visit us and bring me more presents!!! And, it will last for many many years. It's really no contest.

Joel

 

[minifoot77]

artificial let the real ones get big and turned into building material

 

[Tony]

Real tree all the way. Grew up with an artificial one, but since me and Maria have been together, we've gone with the cut ones.

How big are the balls on the uncut ones? Gotta be huge on a 6' tree, no? And heavy, right?

 

[Pat Kelly]

They are not too big. But I have done it 2 or 3 times and never had the tree live more than a year.
Gave up.

I love the smell of a cut tree in the house. When I was a kid I used to sell them at my fathers gas station. Brings back memories. lol

 

[UNCLERUCKUS]

ARTIFICIAL ALL THE WAY. $$$$ SAVED ANNUALLY IS PRICELESS.

 

[dogofwar]

Artificial - ours is 4 pieces (3 pieces and a stand) with the lights already hooked up. Much better than the 60 piece PITA ones of the past...

I have great memories of the chaos of our cat getting into our live tree when I was a kid. My parents have pictures of Fuzzball (RIP) perched about halfway up a big, live tree.

Matt

 

[fischfan13]

Real tree. Once it is cut down a sapling is put in its place. These trees are grown on "TREE Farms"...

 

[mrkillie]

They are not too big. But I have done it 2 or 3 times and never had the tree live more than a year.
Gave up.

I love the smell of a cut tree in the house. When I was a kid I used to sell them at my fathers gas station. Brings back memories. lol

It's really not a good time of year to plant a tree. Need to get them in the ground in Sept or Oct for best results.

Joel

 

[minifoot77]

Real tree all the way. Grew up with an artificial one, but since me and Maria have been together, we've gone with the cut ones.

How big are the balls on the uncut ones? Gotta be huge on a 6' tree, no? And heavy, right?

maybe you should check and report back what you find.....
( you worry me...)

 

[iamzrad]

Real tree.
We go to the same farm every year and find ourselves a nice fraser fir and with lumberjack-style we cut it down.

 

[Cartel]

lumberjack-style

Weaksauce. :tongue0011:

 

[danger_chicken]

awesome tree Rachel.

 

[Lively]

It is an awesome tree - really wish I could have a fresh cut - nothing beats it.

 

[longstocking]

Since we don't have much room ...

I have a small tree that is living... roots and all. Not a traditional tree though