Christmas trees

[mickdundee]

The big question Real or Artificial. And why?

 

We're artificial in this house. Reason 1 - The wife already had a very nice tree when I moved in and we've kept it because it's already paid for and I'm a true tight arse northerner

Reason 2 - I would imagine in a room with a roaring log burner a real one would drop its needles in no time (could be wrong I'm guessing tbh )

 

So what have you got

[batwomen]

I got an artificial one saves time every year and as the kids decorate the tree its safer for them with the pins and no tiding up:001_smile:

[Will C]

Real, cant work with trees and furnish the house with plastic

 

Ours is in a bucket, same one for 3 years, water it every other day and its fine with the wood burner:thumbup:

[mickdundee]

Real, cant work with trees and furnish the house with plastic

 

Ours is in a bucket, same one for 3 years, water it every other day and its fine with the wood burner:thumbup:

 

Same one for 3 years? Does that mean you re plant it after Xmas and dig it up again next year.

 

One extra question for real trees. How long do you have them up because ours is usually up for the whole of December. Would a real one still look acceptable after 3-4 weeks.

[Scott Walker]

Real, every time.

[Chris Sheppard]

Same one for 3 years? Does that mean you re plant it after Xmas and dig it up again next year.

 

One extra question for real trees. How long do you have them up because ours is usually up for the whole of December. Would a real one still look acceptable after 3-4 weeks.

 

We usually end up going for one the first weekend in December and Mrs insists it stays up for as long as she can get away with into January.

 

Spruces tend to be looking pretty ropey by then but firs tend to be pretty robust in comparison.

 

Ours is cut one, it's in the front room and less than 10ft away from the fire too.

[Pete Hart]

My wife insists on a real tree (nordman fir or Norway sruce) . It goes up second week of December and gets chipped on new years day.

All seems a bit pointless this year as I've been working away this week and we're not at home for Christmas.... Ba humbug!

[CJM]

I've got a real one this year, only because I knocked the top out of a few Norway spruce so I picked the best top and now its sitting in my living room

 

Edit I had to do some silky modifications to the base of the tree and get my wife to pass me bits of brash and log through the front window so I could chuck it in the van, but it's nothing a good Dyson can't sort out

Edited December 18, 2014 by CJM

[wisecobandit]

Artificial for us.

With dogs etc I wouldn't fancy a real tree getting pulled over and the other halfs dogs are thick enough to probably cock there leg on it to....

[gand]

Usually have a real tree and have done for the past 15 years, but this I've been made to go fake!! Not happy.

 

Nordman are usually the best, but don't be afraid of a Fraiser or a Noble