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Do you prefer having a fake or real Christmas tree?
Asked at Massachusetts Street on December 7, 2010
“A real one, it’s more of an authentic feel. It’s more wholesome.”
“A real Christmas tree. I like the smell of it.”
“Real. That’s what we have.”
“Fake. There’s less mess to clean.”
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Comments
ku_law 4 years, 1 month ago
First. Real.
Bill Lee 4 years, 1 month ago
fake. I'm lazy.
grammaddy 4 years, 1 month ago
Why must thousands, perhaps millions of pine trees sacrifice their lives each year so that we may decorate them and keep them in our homes for a few weeks? I like the smell of them but I'll use my artificial one again this year. I's easier to clean up at the end of it all.
staff04 4 years, 1 month ago
Fir is murder!
Frederic Gutknecht IV 4 years, 1 month ago
Good one!-D
Blessed4x 4 years, 1 month ago
So which is worse, Grammaddy, cutting down a live tree that otherwise would never have been planted OR using a fake tree that was produced using petroleum for the branches and ore for the trunck, coal-fired power plants for the power for the manufacturer, diesel engines to transport the tree over land or across the ocean, paper to construct the box, electricity for the warehouse/store in which it was housed only to end up with a product that will probably be thrown away in a few years and never fully bio-degrade? I'm not even a greenie and I can see the answer to that question. Besides, spruce make the best Christmas trees, not pine.
reader12345 4 years, 1 month ago
Stop crying and go smoke more weed hippie.
Flap Doodle 4 years, 1 month ago
Nothing says Christmas like pagan Germanic traditions.
booyalab 4 years, 1 month ago
shopping, you mean?
Stuart Evans 4 years, 1 month ago
Sixth! look mom, I'm like KU Law...
RoeDapple 4 years, 1 month ago
Kill a Tree For Jesus!
Chris Ogle 4 years, 1 month ago
We have plenty of trees outside----where they belong.
introversion 4 years, 1 month ago
We invite friends out to cut down free red cedars to help with our eradication. I know, I know... Leave it to the liberals to turn tree-killing into a re-purposing activity....
thebigspoon 4 years, 1 month ago
Real
trinity 4 years, 1 month ago
prefer real but have fake this year-very smallish house. sure do miss the big ol' trees! :( and yeah they're a mess-but then again a person should clean anyway so what's the big whoop about sweeping up pine needles?
Bill Lee 4 years, 1 month ago
I learned many years ago at KU that Kansas is the only state without a native pine tree. I'm not sure what that has to do with this discussion, but I felt I should share that fact.
riverdrifter 4 years, 1 month ago
Like...
rockchalker52 4 years, 1 month ago
I'll bet decorating is a lot of fun at your house.
lily 4 years, 1 month ago
Love the idea of real but scared of fire hazard. I like my tree to be up a long time so artificial works best. So I decorate my live ones out front and all is good.
somedude20 4 years, 1 month ago
aluminum " Airing of Grievances Festivus Pole"
Pitt_Mackeson 4 years, 1 month ago
propped right next to the fireplace! Don't forget the dynamite, when all that goes off Santa Claus will be launched into the Sun!
JayCat_67 4 years, 1 month ago
Or at least he won't have any trouble making it around the world in one night.
Flap Doodle 4 years, 1 month ago
Do you decorate it with real plastic snow? http://xmas-depot.com/christmas/49981.html
jd 4 years, 1 month ago
Real trees are nice, smell good and help local growers but they are an extreme fire hazard, so be careful.
http://www.nfpa.org/categoryList.asp?categoryID=296&URL=Safety%20Information/For%20consumers/Holidays/Christmas%20tree%20fires&cookie_test=1
jonas_opines 4 years, 1 month ago
We just give a poor third world child a paycheck for a few weeks by having them stand very still holding sheets of green construction paper and put a few ornaments on them.
jonas_opines 4 years, 1 month ago
We did try casting one in paper mache to get a more authentic trunk color and feel, but they stopped moving and started to smell after just 5 days. On retrospect, I suppose we could have stopped at the neck.
jonas_opines 4 years, 1 month ago
Honestly, somewhat surprised that it stayed up.
Chrissy Neibarger 4 years, 1 month ago
I would love to have a real one, but the kitty cats love them way too much! So we'll stick with our 12 inch black tree decorated with Halloween items.. She has served us well for many years. Purrrfect fit for the atheist household that celebrates a commercial holiday.
notanoobhere 4 years, 1 month ago
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Ron Holzwarth 4 years, 1 month ago
When I was young, Christmas was never very pleasant because Mom was always sick.
She did the best she could to put on a cheery face, but her illness could not be hidden. Her eyes turned red, her nose ran, and she had a terrific headache all the time. It made Christmas a real downer for us kids.
And then one day she realized - she's allergic to evergreen! After that, we always had an artificial tree, and Christmas was a happy holiday!
JayCat_67 4 years, 1 month ago
Dang! And I was expecting you to tell us all about how some stranger helped you buy a pair of shoes for her...(I hate that friggin' song)
trinity 4 years, 1 month ago
do you really want to open up that can of worms already? seems i remember being accused of tree murder, harming the environment, etc for as long as i've been registered on this here ljw thing! maybe we should just dig up a three or four year old tree debacle thread&have at it...educate those who think real is harmful...
riverdrifter 4 years, 1 month ago
None. There only one place I could put a tree in my house and there's a gun safe there now. Ain't a gonna move thet sucker.
somedude20 4 years, 1 month ago
"There is trouble in the forest, And the creatures all have fled, As the maples scream "Oppression!" And the oaks just shake their heads"
bruno2 4 years, 1 month ago
I'm sure conservatives love cutting down real trees, their hero was all for it:
"Trees cause more pollution than automobiles do." -- Ronald Reagan, 1981
"A tree is a tree. How many more do you have to look at?" -- Ronald Reagan, 1966, opposing expansion of Redwood National Park as governor of California
That said, real trees are farmed for the holiday, help the environment, and look and smell much nicer. As for the fire hazard, water the darn thing! We do and ours is still nice and fresh when we take it to the curb. Then the city recycles it. Perfect.
Pitt_Mackeson 4 years, 1 month ago
I did the same thing with my can of worms. They escaped the tree, crawled into my ears and ate my brains.
notanoobhere 4 years, 1 month ago
thats when you registered democrat.
Rae Hudspeth 4 years, 1 month ago
I prefer garlands with lights, but the hubs insists on a tree.
I like shiny aluminum ones, but had to settle for shiny white, with built-in lights. It was not as tempting for the household furballs to try and pull down, either.
Lazy? yes. I save my "domestic talents" for other rooms of the house.
... and yes, they're real.
Lacy Mohler 4 years, 1 month ago
Preferred real until the year of the spider. Was gone for a couple of days and returned to a tree encased in a beautiful spider web with webs extending up to the vaulted ceiling and hundreds of tiny spiders marching toward the ceiling on the webs. First time the tree came down before Christmas and we have done phoney ever year since.
Deja Coffin 4 years, 1 month ago
Colt!!!!!! Yay!!!
Deja Coffin 4 years, 1 month ago
Sorry, I get a little excited when I see people on here I know! Okay... I prefer a real one but because of smaller children I've used a fake one for the last few years. Hopefully we'll go back to real trees when they are older.
riverdrifter 4 years, 1 month ago
"They say that love
is like Christmas card
You decorate a tree and throw it in the yard"
--John Prine
riverdrifter 4 years, 1 month ago
Damn. Like a Christmas card.
pace 4 years, 1 month ago
When the kids were little we always had a Christmas limb, but now we use a piece of string. We string it across a small window and hang an ornament on it. When the kids are in town we will often put 2 or 3 different ornaments on it. World Peas for everyone.
slvrntrt 4 years, 1 month ago
Real, but then my cat would eat it and puke everywhere.
pace 4 years, 1 month ago
We considered using artificial string but decided it looked trashy.We use 100 percent cotton string recycled from Grandma's string ball.
beeshlii 4 years, 1 month ago
my wife fakes, so i like everything fake.
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