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Possibly Controversial Clicky: Christmas trees

Re: Possibly Controversial Clicky: Christmas trees

  • I want a real tree but the wee beastie destroys them!
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  • I'm thisclose to GBCN-ing.

    It's like I don't even know you guys any more. 

  • UW there has to be an option of... I don't do a Christmas Tree.. I'm special and neither one of those options apply to me Sad
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  • imageJohlise:
    UW there has to be an option of... I don't do a Christmas Tree.. I'm special and neither one of those options apply to me Sad

    Pretend like you did put up a tree, pick one Big Smile

     

  • imageuwhuskygirl:

    imageJohlise:
    UW there has to be an option of... I don't do a Christmas Tree.. I'm special and neither one of those options apply to me Sad

    Pretend like you did put up a tree, pick one Big Smile

     

    :stomps feet: I don't like that Stick out tongue But fine I will, just this once for you!

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  • imageJohlise:
    imageuwhuskygirl:

    imageJohlise:
    UW there has to be an option of... I don't do a Christmas Tree.. I'm special and neither one of those options apply to me Sad

    Pretend like you did put up a tree, pick one Big Smile

     

    :stomps feet: I don't like that Stick out tongue But fine I will, just this once for you!

    Thank you! Right Hug

  • I am very pro real trees as is H, what's the fun in having a fake tree?!  also, I like the options, lol
  • imageamandasw:
    I am very pro real trees as is H, what's the fun in having a fake tree?!  also, I like the options, lol

    because it's cheap Big Smile

    i bought a fake tree sometime in march one year...for $8. it's prelit, scented, and easy to assemble.  it doesn't look fake....people touch it to check if it's real..

     

    ETA: i realize uw will very likely disown me for this statement.

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  • I can't choose, so no vote from me.  I love real trees, but in practice, i prefer plastic.  There's no mess, no fire hazard, no watering.  And our artificial tree looks pretty real.
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  • If it were up to DH we wouldn't have a tree.

    I have a fake tree because cleaning up after the evil cat eats and knocks over the tree gets exhausting after a few days. 

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  • I prefer plastic. I don't really know the environmental aspects of it, but my fake tree's lasted me 6 years so far.

    Plus, no need to vacuum up fallen pine. No need to dispose. I can string it with lights by section and then take it apart intact so I don't have to string them again. XD

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  • Real trees! I love going to pick it out with DH. We usually go to Home Depot because they have decent prices. 

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  • What I like and what I can realistically do are two different things. We help my parents put up their gigantic real tree and we have a fake tree at home.
  • Definitely real trees! Much better for the environment, way more fun, and more Christmasy. We go to a u-cut place and cut down a tree together every year. It's an awesome holiday tradition.
  • imageLib-bride:
    What I like and what I can realistically do are two different things.

    This.I voted for what I would have if my marriage weren't at stake.

    I had a fake tree all growing up due to my mom's allergies. When I was able to get my own tree, I was so excited to get a real one. (Once they divorced, my dad had a real one for many many years.) Well, cue to 4 Christmases with H (over the BF-F-DH transition) and cue 4 big fights. I liked to wrap the lights around the branches so there was lots of illumination and no visible wiring. But come time to take it down, and H would waste time until it was almost dark and then help me carry it outside to take the lights off (which made a needle mess) and then he'd swear at me for tying the lights in "knots" and fight would ensue. Plus there was the no fun of trying to keep the cat from drinking all the water out of the tree. So last year, we switched to a pre-lit fake tree for the sake of our marriage, which is much happier without the annual tree fight, not to mention we both have allergies to the tree. (It just makes my nose runny so I don't care, but it's much worse for DH.)

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  • I love the smell of real trees, and the way they just look real. We own a fake tree, though, and I'm okay with that. That's one less tree that will get cut down to just get thrown out the day after Christmas. When we get a house, I want to have an evergreen out front that we can decorate, but never cut down.
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