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Is your tree real or fake?

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Real Or Fake?

#1 Postby chadtm80 » Sat Nov 15, 2003 10:52 am

Do you get a real christmas tree? Or do you use a fake one?

We always get a real one.. Nothing compares to the smell of a freshly cut christmas tree :D
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#2 Postby Skywatch_NC » Sat Nov 15, 2003 10:55 am

Fake one here. :wink: In the way early years we had a real one but starting in...I believe...1974...started using artificial. :)

Eric 8-)
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#3 Postby Stephanie » Sat Nov 15, 2003 10:56 am

We always get a real one too. You're right Chad, you can't beat the smell of the tree!
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#4 Postby vbhoutex » Sat Nov 15, 2003 11:06 am

Can't agree with you more on the smell of a real one!! However, doctors orders are fake tree. It's called allergies!!! I still cherish the times we went and cut our own tree down in the woods of North FL as a child and the times we did it at the Christmas tree farms outside of Houston as a family here. Of course, the last time we did that here 3 of the 4 of us got sick. Since then. about 14 years ago it has been fake trees. Our current tree even has the lights already installed. Susan couldn't stand waiting the two hours it would take to get them done when I did it!!!LOL!!!
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#5 Postby Skywatch_NC » Sat Nov 15, 2003 11:31 am

We have a pre-lit tree, too, David. :) No more lighting hassle. :roll:

Eric 8-)
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#6 Postby coriolis » Sat Nov 15, 2003 11:33 am

Gotta have a real one. Just Gotta.
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#7 Postby stormchazer » Sat Nov 15, 2003 12:11 pm

Always go for real!
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#8 Postby OtherHD » Sat Nov 15, 2003 12:14 pm

Fake.

You know, when I first opened this thread, I thought it would be about women's...ahem. Shows you where my mind is today. :oops:
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#9 Postby mf_dolphin » Sat Nov 15, 2003 12:19 pm

Fake trees are a Communist plot! Only real trees in my house :-)

...got to have real ones of the other as well ;-)
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#10 Postby Lindaloo » Sat Nov 15, 2003 12:19 pm

I have always had a real tree. But, I have found a fake one this year that is beautiful. It is a 7ft. Fiber Optic tree. So, fake this year with some Rosemary nearby to put the real smell in the air.
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#11 Postby WoodstockWX » Sat Nov 15, 2003 2:51 pm

we have a fake one because our stepdad wouldn't let us have a real one after xmas 2001 :(

but I loved real christmas trees, had them most of my whole life.
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#12 Postby WoodstockWX » Sat Nov 15, 2003 2:53 pm

Lindaloo wrote:I have always had a real tree. But, I have found a fake one this year that is beautiful. It is a 7ft. Fiber Optic tree. So, fake this year with some Rosemary nearby to put the real smell in the air.
I saw one of those fiber obtics trees yesterday, if I could pick which type of fake tree I'd get, I'd get that one.

we have some crappy 6 footer, where the branches and needles look so fake its not even funny.
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#13 Postby chadtm80 » Sat Nov 15, 2003 2:57 pm

I just prefer Real.. My folks have a fake one.. And it is REALY nice.. Very tall, and pretty.. Just dosent seem as "christmasy" to me though..

Anyway, it should be a real treat trying to keep Dustin away from it this year.. LOL any tips
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#14 Postby BEER980 » Sat Nov 15, 2003 3:15 pm

We always get a real one about 11 feet tall. My wife prefers the fraiser fir but I am not too partial.
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#15 Postby ColdFront77 » Sat Nov 15, 2003 3:21 pm

Always grew up with a fake Christmas Tree... grew up with a couple of them over the years in Massachusetts, now here in Florida have a small one.

Lyle, it was the way Chad worded it. Anyone one of us may think or would think of that at a certain moment.
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#16 Postby Pro-Storm » Sat Nov 15, 2003 3:42 pm

Fake........SAVE THE TREEs!!
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#17 Postby HurricaneGirl » Sat Nov 15, 2003 3:51 pm

I got my Silver Tinsel tree last year thanks to Pro-storm!!
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#18 Postby Stormsfury » Sat Nov 15, 2003 3:55 pm

OtherHD wrote:Fake.

You know, when I first opened this thread, I thought it would be about women's...ahem. Shows you where my mind is today. :oops:


I thought the same thing ... sooooo that makes two of us. (Where's the third option? --- Fooled by the topic title)

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#19 Postby Skywatch_NC » Sat Nov 15, 2003 4:50 pm

The fiber optic effect is really cool. :) Mom has a Poinsettia one that she sets out every year as part of the great room decor. :wink:

Eric 8-)
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#20 Postby sunnyday » Sat Nov 15, 2003 5:00 pm

I love the smell of a real tree! Two years ago, I came home from work and found a snake under the tree. Turns out sometimes they get in the trees and then fall out. Yucky! lol
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