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 2005-12-19 8:36 AM |
Master  2136    A Prairie Home |  Subject: Real vs fake tree?Did you get a real or fake ______ (insert your holiday) tree? I think I had an 10 inch fake tree when I was 15. That was the only tree I ever gotten. (I am leaving this as an open poll cus' it's more fun.) |
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Elite 2706 Hurst, Texas | Subject: RE: Real vs fake tree? Fake and pre-lit. Yes, we are a tad lazy, but we do hang the ornaments ourselves! |
 2005-12-19 8:41 AM in reply to: #308024 |
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| Expert 760 Mt. Morris, IL | Subject: RE: Real vs fake tree? I always want a real tree, but my wife has allergies that make that a no no in our house  . |
| 2005-12-19 8:43 AM in reply to: #308024 |
| Extreme Veteran 371 Montreal | Subject: RE: Real vs fake tree? Always a real one. Its a 7' one this year! I love the smell of a real tree! |
| 2005-12-19 8:43 AM in reply to: #308024 |
| Regular 102 Dublin | Subject: RE: Real vs fake tree? I had the "coat hanger with green paper tree" when I was a kid. I now live in the countryside with a little land behind my house, this is planted with arious trees -- Christmas trees being one type!! I cut my tree from my woods, with my wife and 3 kids. We dress it together, it tacky but a pretty cool tradition for us. It beats the old traditions of "un-bending the wire" and playing "guess which wire is live" that we had in the 70's! Stu |
| 2005-12-19 8:43 AM in reply to: #308024 |
| Regular 102 Dublin | Subject: RE: Real vs fake tree? I had the "coat hanger with green paper tree" when I was a kid. I now live in the countryside with a little land behind my house, this is planted with arious trees -- Christmas trees being one type!! I cut my tree from my woods, with my wife and 3 kids. We dress it together, it tacky but a pretty cool tradition for us. It beats the old traditions of "un-bending the wire" and playing "guess which wire is live" that we had in the 70's! Stu PS Any Irish abroad, Nollaig Shona duit! Edited by Irish Stu 2005-12-19 8:44 AM |
| 2005-12-19 8:59 AM in reply to: #308024 |
| Elite 4344 | Subject: RE: Real vs fake tree? Fake now. Used to buy a balled tree to plant in the yard after Christmas. Wife and girls are have allergies so that is not possible. We have all fake greenery. TW |
| 2005-12-19 9:11 AM in reply to: #308024 |
Champion 8903  | Subject: RE: Real vs fake tree? In the immortal words of Elaine from "Seinfeld" series; fake, fake, fake, fake..... |
| 2005-12-19 10:13 AM in reply to: #308024 |
| Science Nerd 28760 Redwood City, California | Subject: RE: Real vs fake tree? I have a fake tree, but it sheds so many needles that I'm thinking about getting a real tree next year. Are fake trees supposed to shed so much? I'm still vaccuuming up needles from last year. |
| 2005-12-19 10:22 AM in reply to: #308024 |
| Pro 4228 Broomfield, Colorado | Subject: RE: Real vs fake tree? Went to a fake (pre-lit!) tree after having real trees forever. It is SO much easier. It comes in 3 pieces. Then I light a candle to get the real tree smell  |
| 2005-12-19 10:24 AM in reply to: #308024 |
| Pro 3906 St Charles, IL | Subject: RE: Real vs fake tree? Fake. It's about 2' high. Seems like I'm not the only one with pine-scented candles for that memorable smell. -C |
| 2005-12-19 10:42 AM in reply to: #308099 |
| Champion 7558 Albuquerque, New Mexico | Subject: RE: Real vs fake tree? Artemis - 2005-12-19 10:13 AM I have a fake tree, but it sheds so many needles that I'm thinking about getting a real tree next year. Are fake trees supposed to shed so much? I'm still vaccuuming up needles from last year. Didn't they tell you about watering it??? |
| 2005-12-19 10:47 AM in reply to: #308024 |
| Pro 4040 | Subject: RE: Real vs fake tree? A 7 foot fake tree. Was given it by the inlaws. It's a really high quality tree, can't tell that it's fake when you first look at it. |
| 2005-12-19 10:49 AM in reply to: #308024 |
Resident Curmudgeon 25290 The Road Back Gold member | Subject: RE: Real vs fake tree? Fake. With a real tree, the smell is nice but lasts about three days, then you're picking needles out of the carpet year-round. |
| 2005-12-19 10:50 AM in reply to: #308063 |
| Extreme Veteran 604 Northwest Ohio | Subject: RE: Real vs fake tree? max - 2005-12-19 9:11 AM In the immortal words of Elaine from "Seinfeld" series; fake, fake, fake, fake..... To further quote Jackie Chiles from that episode, my Christmas trees are always "real and spectacular" |
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| 2005-12-19 10:59 AM in reply to: #308127 |
| Philadelphia, south of New York and north of DC | Subject: RE: Real vs fake tree? Going this afternoon with the kids to buy a real tree. Wish they came a bit fresher. I do the cut the bottom two or three inches thing, and the feed it the water with molasses and baking soda and a drop of bleach thing, but they just don't smell like they use to. We'll put the tree up today and decorate it Christmas Eve. We keep the tree up until Candlemas, February 2nd. |
| 2005-12-19 11:13 AM in reply to: #308027 |
| Expert 928 Kaneohe, Hawaii | Subject: RE: Real vs fake tree? OldAg92 - 2005-12-19 4:39 AM Fake and pre-lit. Yes, we are a tad lazy, but we do hang the ornaments ourselves! Ditto! Ours isn't even up yet. Maybe I can pay a neighbor kid to do it. |
| 2005-12-19 12:59 PM in reply to: #308024 |
| Master 2278 State of Confusion | Subject: RE: Real vs fake tree? Two real trees this year. An 8' noble fir in the living room, with the "nice" ornaments, and a 6' grand fir in the family room with all the kids' homemade ornaments, and a few from mine and my husband's childhood. I've never had a fake tree. When we are too old to chop our own down at the local tree farm, we may just have to go the fake route (then have our kids assemble it for us.) |
| 2005-12-19 1:00 PM in reply to: #308024 |
| Buttercup 14334 | Subject: RE: Real vs fake tree? My nephews will be staying with me for Christmas, so I'm getting a real tree for their pleasure this year. I hate fake trees; they feel empty. Otherwise, no tree. |
| 2005-12-19 1:03 PM in reply to: #308024 |
| Elite 3223 Hendersonville | Subject: RE: Real vs fake tree? I have both. The fake pre-lit tree has clear lights and gets decorated all in red ornaments. The real tree gets colred lights and all kinds of ornaments and ribbons and stuff. Then the kids have a 3 ft. fake tree for all their ornaments too. I didn't put up the fake tree this year because the house is for sale and didn't want it to look too cluttered. |
| 2005-12-19 1:11 PM in reply to: #308226 |
| Champion 11641 Fairport, NY | Subject: RE: Real vs fake tree? Must be a Wonder Twin thing. We do one of each too. Fake on the 2nd floor landing in the foyer and real on the ground floor. Why? Because I can and it looks cool. |
| 2005-12-19 1:13 PM in reply to: #308024 |
| Pro 4481 Reston | Subject: RE: Real vs fake tree? my apartment has 9' ceilings, and I bought a 9' tree. looks great. fake trees are stupid. the tree also sits in the dining room, which is painted in a deep red color. it looks awesome lit up at night with all white lights. good for me. self pat on the back. |
| 2005-12-19 1:14 PM in reply to: #308024 |
| Veteran 247 Eagle River, Alaska | Subject: RE: Real vs fake tree? At my mothers house we always had a birch tree... no needles to worry about... at my fathers we had a real pine tree, that reaches the very top of our two story log cabin. This year living by myself I probably wont get one at all. So I have all the options!! Jamie |
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