Definately real! (Tips On Christmas Trees: Fake vs Real)

Member Name: LIZR315

Product:	Tips On Christmas Trees: Fake vs Real
Date:	30/10/08 (45 review reads)
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Advantages: The smell

Disadvantages: The mess of needles

I have moved between real and fake trees since I got my own house over 12 years ago.

As a child it was always a real tree in our house. Nothing beats that smell of a real tree and you really associate it with Christmas. In our house it could never go up before the 17th December as that was my dad's birthday. I also think it was a good excuse to keep the real tree out of the house for as long as possible. It was always a real treat to put on the decorations which were always a real mix an match affair of hand made and old favourites. Every year my grandma used to take me to a local garden centre to buy a bauble.

When I got my first house however it was a small terrace and not really enough room for a real tree so I bought a cheap plastic one and trimmed up with tasteful all silver decorations and white lights. It wasn't quite the same though but there was no mess which was great.

Movign to a semi a few years later I saw this as an excuse to go to B&Q and get a real one. Smelled much much better - proper Christmas! but loads of needles. Spraying with hairspray etc didin't work as we probably had too much central heating on.

Now I have a little boy and it is his first Christmas and as he is not crawling it has to be a real tree with new tacky baubles! I may rethink again next year.

We have wood floors so it makes the sweeping up so much easier.

Summary: Always get a real one if you can