Real or Fake?

[Ucsdryder]

@Ucsdryder

Think he's the real Clark Griswold

Clark Griswald’s tree ain’t got nothing on the ucsdryder family Christmas tree.

 

[Hnthrdr]

Both! I take a couple younger trees off private for my littles to have a tree in their rooms and the big one in the family room is a fakey, I think we have 5 Christmas trees going currently haha

 

[william schmaltz]

We load up the kids the day after Thanksgiving and go cut one down. I’d go no tree over buying a real or fake one. Got a nice juniper this year that smells fantastic.

 

[MuleyFever]

Fake real ( . )( . )

 

[Haggin]

Real. Always have, always will. We have a local tree farm we frequent. We have a New Years Eve tradition of burning it (when possible). It takes a little extra wood to get it all gone, but its always a good time for our family.

 

[TaperPin]

This year we did both.

Our personal tree is fake, perfectly sized for its perfect little corner of the house, and it’s well organized decorations and lights go on in a perfect order and it looks perfect every year, for not a lot of money.

However, we learned our local Scout Troop gets the majority of its funding for the entire year through Christmas tree sales. Parents and kids volunteer to staff it, and that takes the place of having to pay out of pocket for trips, or have other fundraisers. We bought a tree for someone else to help support the cause.

 

[Norcal18]

Grew up with a real tree. The wife wanted a fake one for a few years and then we finally did it. Not going to lie, other than missing the smell of a real tree it’s so nice to click the 3 pieces together that are already pre-lit and just plug it in.

 

[Pharmseller]

My wife likes to put the tree up early, like Walmart early, so we went fake years ago.

 

[Speaks]

The way I think about it is that a fake tree is a symbol of a real tree. The wooden tree is a symbol of the Cross (Happy birthday but lets not forget His mission). Symbol of a symbol is getting kinda distal.

There's probably only three lots in the city (pop. 700k) that sell real trees (plus Home Depot, I guess). The tree we'd grab for the house would cost a couple hundred bucks.

On the drive to the range a couple weeks ago counted nearly 100 trees headed back into the city from the national forest. $10 each, buddy. Kids love it. Same trees the local lots sell. Fresh tree lasts through the end of the Epiphany season, without watering.

Headed out tomorrow afternoon.

Origin was not a symbol for the cross. Norse pagans decorated a fir tree outside, they it was outlawed by the Christian rulers so they moved it inside to avoid prosecution. Much of our Christmas symbology was adapted from northern European pagan tradition. It was easier to alter the meaning of existing customs vs ban them in the end.

 

[WCB]

Real...because we aren't sissies. Load the kids up and trudge around picking out trees...then voting down till a winner is chosen. We get slightly different shapes, rotate species a little every year and my wife has 2 or 3 themes she switches from year to year. Different lights, colors, main sentimental ornaments go up every year but again she has some theme base line besides that. Helps avoid that boring same ole fake, plastic, toy soldier look of fake trees. Plus we store enough crap...don't need a fake tree sitting around. Smells good and the kids love it.

Plus the pile of old trees makes good habitat for bunnies. Tree doesn't go up until after Thanksgiving and now no decorating it until after our youngest's birthday on Dec 3rd. Then it comes down asap after new years.


On a side note...anybody that has the economics on tree farms, I'm all ears. The ones by us are expanding and are absolute zoos for a solid month.

 

[Jethro]

1 real and 1 fake in our house

20 years of cutting a live tree, but always at a tree farm, then 4 years of fake. We looked forward to going into NF and cutting a live one again this year.

 

[neil.hansford]

Neither

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[dr.mooseknuckles]

Real. I'd rather overpay a tree farmer in North Carolina, than underpay for Chinese Plastic.

You fake people are Commies

 

[Billogna]

I hope all you "real tree" fanatics are eating them..... Don't want anything going to waste

 

[hunt1up]

Fake and proud of it. Pre-lit and I can set that puppy up in 5 minutes. If I'm going outdoors for the day it's to try killing a deer.

 

[Steve O]

26 years ago we moved to a new house. It was going to cost almost $200 for a real tree the correct size to look right in the room. Spent $600 on a “fake” tree that was 1/2 price and she is still going strong. Love the real tree but the pine scent spray is really good these days.

 

[Smokey Bear]

Never thought I would ever do a fake tree. Loved the whole process of getting a permit and finding a tree with the in laws. A buddy worked for an advertising agency and gave us a fake one a few years ago that they used as a prop. Miss the smell of real, but love how easy it is to put up the fake. We got candles that smell like a tree now.

 

[flyfisher117]

After seeing the prices of real trees we decided we’ll buy a fake tree.

 

[Jimmy]

It's part of "our deal". Getting a real tree every year is one of the things I do for my wife, and in return I hunt pretty much as much and whenever I want.

 

[IAm_Not_Lost]

Love our 5 or 6 ft fake tree. Has fake snow on it and everything.