Anyone using a real tree for Christmas?

[jimmyj]

We are lucky enough to have enough trees on our own land that we always just cut our own. It's great having a real tree!

 

[HiTechTed]

We were planning on planting some around here for future use. I think that if a real one is properly dealt with, you don't get all the needles falling and such. I hate having to store the fake tree and the box weighs a ton. Of course it probably takes 6 or 7 years for a tree to grow to be the right size so in the mean time I might just go cut my own somewhere. My vote goes for the real tree, as long as it's done properly.

 

[TripleR]

My wife and I had to quit using real trees a few years ago due to her allergies; sure do miss them.

 

[forgeblast]

We normally go with a live tree, (the place that sells ours drills the base, and then has a rebar stand that has a spike in the middle with a green plastic bucket with a gasket so that it seals the spike and the tree gets water. but every year we get one i end up getting bad sinus problems from it, it starts when the tree arrives and doesnt go away until the tree "leaves". So that along with having a two year old who likes to climb i went with a 30 dollar black friday 7 1/2' from home depot that was pre lit.
have to say i am impressed, and it was easy, and its pre lit, and the little one loves playing with it and i am not cleaning sap off her.
I will be going pre lit anymore, i can walk to the end of our driveway to smell the trees lol.

 

[picker77]

Are you kidding? I'd be sleeping in the shop for the next year if I came home with a fake tree. :laughing:

 

[check]

Fake works for me! These days they are very realistic and even come preloaded with lights. Have a dog that chews wood big time, and also have to leave the tree unattended for periods of time.

Good points about the smell, however. I think I'll go out and buy some!

Oh, and a very Merry Christmas to those who celebrate it, and please don't be afraid to say so, and also to give the appropriate greeting to those who celebrate other holidays at this time of year - I'm sure they will be happy to hear it!

 

[Dutch445]

My GF was all set to go cut one down this weekend but Tuesday we got this.

Those are PT 2x10s.

So we'll see what the new plan is, no pre cut trees close to us.

We're in the same boat here, had 31" this week and more coming sunday-thursday. And saturday's going to be nice, but we are booked for the day.

 

[Lurch]

We take a slightly different approach. We have a covered porch on the front of the house and a floor to ceiling window in the living room. We'll buy a real tree from the nursery(root ball wrapped in burlap) and set it on the porch in a BIG pot. Keep it watered and in the spring we have a nice pine to pant in the yard. Cost around here is about the same as buying a cut tree, depending on species.

 

[Alan L.]

Since I hate cedar trees and mesquite trees don't make real purty Christmas trees, we have to get ours at Lowes or Walmart. Usually pay $30 or so for a 7 footer.

 

[grnspot110]

I spent too much time as a firefighter, no real tree in the house! We do decorate a live tree in the front yard though. ~~ grnspot110