RUFDRAFT Posted November 22, 2012 Report Share Posted November 22, 2012 I've had artificial trees for a long time - but I think this year I'm going to go out and cut down a real one! You? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejrail Posted November 22, 2012 Report Share Posted November 22, 2012 We used to get a permit from the BLM to cut our own for years when the kids were younger. We'd load up the slide-in camper add the ATVs and head to the mountains boardering the West Desert looking for Pinion Pines. They always seemed smaller out there, especially when we tried to jam them thru the front door. Tyey lasted forever but dropoped lots of sap. We ruined many a tree skirt but they sure smell good and set the mood for Chistmas. Once the girls were in high school, they lost interest in tree cuting and we found it easier to put up an artifical tree. It is all about the mess and clean-up with the needles and sap in January. In fact, we just bought a new artificial tree a few weeks ago and gave our youngest daughter our old one. The old one before that we gave to a family on our block who were down on their luck and could afford a Christmas tree that year. We had kicked around the idea of a new tree but seeing them without was too much. We bought us a new one and showed up at their door with our old one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejrail Posted November 22, 2012 Report Share Posted November 22, 2012 I've had artificial trees for a long time - but I think this year I'm going to go out and cut down a real one! You? What could possibly go wrong here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gt350lp Posted November 22, 2012 Report Share Posted November 22, 2012 Fake.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Rodgers Posted November 22, 2012 Report Share Posted November 22, 2012 Real, I have little guys, but have never had a fake tree ever. Last years- Forgot to turn the fireplace on........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerseygator Posted November 22, 2012 Report Share Posted November 22, 2012 Fake when we are out of town at the in-laws for Xmas. Real when we stay home... This year we are staying home. :happy feet: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnf Posted November 22, 2012 Report Share Posted November 22, 2012 Fake. Too dry in the desert for a real one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denstang65 Posted November 22, 2012 Report Share Posted November 22, 2012 Wrestled with the real ones for years. The wife and I bought a fake one 4 years ago. Pre lit and no neddles anywhere. Been using it ever since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joebob948 Posted November 22, 2012 Report Share Posted November 22, 2012 AS Denstang said, Real ones when we first got married but as of 15 years ago it's artificial trees for us!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ecrissman Posted November 22, 2012 Report Share Posted November 22, 2012 We have a fake tree, we just bought a new one on QVC, pre-lit just slide the 3 sections together and plug into the wall. barley needed fluffed and the LED light are pretty sweet! When I turned the lights on the camera had a hard time focusing the LED lights are very bright. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
07SGT4578 Posted November 22, 2012 Report Share Posted November 22, 2012 fake, less of fire hazard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verlyn12 Posted November 22, 2012 Report Share Posted November 22, 2012 Did real trees for many years but it seems they had gotten so dry and made such a mess that we bough one with lights and some fiber optics and it is beautiful. We have a big closet and we just set it in there from year to year and don't have to take it apart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilmor Posted November 22, 2012 Report Share Posted November 22, 2012 We've been a fake tree family for years - the quicker and cleaner the better! LOL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twobjshelbys Posted November 22, 2012 Report Share Posted November 22, 2012 Artificial. Small - 4' and we put it on an end table. The cats chew off plastic needles as well as real so we're constantly cleaning up hair balls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Rodgers Posted November 23, 2012 Report Share Posted November 23, 2012 fake, less of fire hazard. LED lights, they put off no heat at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lgs ShelbyGT Posted November 23, 2012 Report Share Posted November 23, 2012 We go out every Saturday after Thanksgiving and cut our own 12' Christmas tree, then haul it home in the F-250 Powerstroke:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUFDRAFT Posted November 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2012 I've been looking at my neighbor's tree in his backyard.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ingram4868 Posted November 24, 2012 Report Share Posted November 24, 2012 I've been looking at my neighbor's tree in his backyard.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shel-b001 Posted November 24, 2012 Report Share Posted November 24, 2012 Its got to be real in this house , love the smell of a fresh pine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Hawkins Posted November 24, 2012 Report Share Posted November 24, 2012 REAL........the Mess it make is well worth the smell. You can't fake the smell of a REAL Christmas Tree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelTownStang Posted November 24, 2012 Report Share Posted November 24, 2012 Both... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
07gt500conv Posted November 26, 2012 Report Share Posted November 26, 2012 Artifical for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19again Posted November 26, 2012 Report Share Posted November 26, 2012 We run with both. Slim 7 footer on the inside and a Maynards special outdoors on the patio. Can't remember the last real tree on the inside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUFDRAFT Posted November 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2012 My neighbor has an interesting take on this -- he's putting an 8' real tree in his front yard and decorating it - and putting a fake tree in the house! Pics forthcoming! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UCLAman Posted November 28, 2012 Report Share Posted November 28, 2012 REAL........the Mess it make is well worth the smell. You can't fake the smell of a REAL Christmas Tree. +1. When I was in high school I worked at a quite large Xmas tree lot after school and the weekends. The owners were from Oregon and had the trees shipped to So Cal from there tree farm. Ended up working their for about 6 Xmas seasons. Decent tips and for weeks into January the inside of my car smelled like trees!!! I'll never forget that smell. Anyway, to go fake would be sacrilage for my family!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twobjshelbys Posted November 28, 2012 Report Share Posted November 28, 2012 Some years when our girls were home I insisted on a real tree. With the cats eating the needles it was a pain, but the smell in the house was awesome. When we lived in Phoenix in the 70s there was a DJ that made a recipe - hot water, a little turpentine and molasses, that kept the trees for a month. Every day or two whenever it sucked it up. And it really worked vs. straight water. Now I have to try to remember his name. I listened to him all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torch40 Posted November 28, 2012 Report Share Posted November 28, 2012 Real. Easy if your future son in law does all the work. You have to have the Craftsman battery operated chainsaw. 10" bar. Perfect for occasional cutting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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