Real or Fake?

[Lili]

I just got my Xmas tree today - my first 'real' tree ever!

It smells *heavenly*.

I'd post a pic, but I'm too tired from decorating.

Which do you all prefer, real or fake?

Lili

 

[ARaynes]

Fake, a lot better on my sinuses...

 

[Debbie]

Real, love the smell and it brings back many
happy childhood memories.
Plus the kids love picking their tree
from Santa's Christmas tree forest,
bringing it home and struggling with it
into the house.
Lots of fun and laughter.

 

[Monazwx]

Fake.
Little to no cleanup.

 

[Guest]

 

[Pyper]

I seriously thought this thread was going to contain a picture of a woman and we were going to decide whether her breasts were real or fake. Anyone else?

 

[Guest]

 

[Lasher]

What are you going to do with that tree? You're going to throw it away when its needles start to turn brown aren't you? Do you know how long it takes to grow one tree to the size of the average Christmas tree? Deforestation is a problem,

You're a fucking idiot.

People aren't out there tramping around the woods cutting down trees and deforesting North America just to have a Merry Xmas. Xmas trees are grown on farms by people who have a vested interest in growing more.

If you want to go on about the rain forest being burned - great - that's an issue that needs to be dealt with. But you obviously don't know what the fuck you're talking about on this one.

 

[modest mouse]

I prefer fake.
What are you going to do with that tree? You're going to throw it away when its needles start to turn brown aren't you? Do you know how long it takes to grow one tree to the size of the average Christmas tree? Deforestation is a problem, yet North Americans continue to cut down tree after tree to have that "heavenly" smell to remind them of the Christmas spirit. How much Christmas spirit will you have when there are no trees and no oxygen and your kids are moving to space stations to sustain life? Ok that was a bit over the edge, but you get my drift.

If you're going to preach; get your shit right.

Fake trees are made overseas of plastic and metals which are harmful to produce and will not be degrading anytime soon. They are made with cheap foreign labor by usually foreign countries.

Real trees are grown ina sustainable way on tree farms that mgiht otherwise NOT be producing healthy oxygen and habitat. They provide jobs and income for this contry and Canada.

Pull your head from your ass.

 

[MechaBlade]

Me too. I would have liked that option more.

All these damn lit posters with their double entendric titles...

 

[Todd-'o'-Vision]

You're a fucking idiot.

People aren't out there tramping around the woods cutting down trees and deforesting North America just to have a Merry Xmas. Xmas trees are grown on farms by people who have a vested interest in growing more.

If you want to go on about the rain forest being burned - great - that's an issue that needs to be dealt with. But you obviously don't know what the fuck you're talking about on this one.

this is going to be a first, please don't tell Lasher about this folks.

but I agree with him 100 percent.

I come from and live in christmas tree growing country, a 10 foot christmas tree can be grown cultivated in 7 years on these farms.

there are no clear cut areas any wheres to be found. The farmers motto around bout these parts, is replant, re grow, re forest.

No old growth trees taken for xmas trees in this area, all new growth.

farmers and loggers around here select cut, and forest clean here in new brunswick, some of the nicest woods exist for hikes that i have seen in the eastern side of canada

 

[perks]

Fake.

lasts forever and I can just pull it out of the closet.

She's a little fat tree, and I lurve her.

 

[tulip2lipservice]

I prefer the real

Something about the smell of pine.

Peace,
Tulip

 

[LukkyKnight]

I seriously thought this thread was going to contain a picture of a woman and we were going to decide whether her breasts were real or fake. Anyone else?

Sure, post your picture and I'll tell you you're real.

 

[Lili]

I prefer fake.
What are you going to do with that tree? You're going to throw it away when its needles start to turn brown aren't you? Do you know how long it takes to grow one tree to the size of the average Christmas tree? Deforestation is a problem, yet North Americans continue to cut down tree after tree to have that "heavenly" smell to remind them of the Christmas spirit. How much Christmas spirit will you have when there are no trees and no oxygen and your kids are moving to space stations to sustain life? Ok that was a bit over the edge, but you get my drift.

If you absolutely have to have a real tree, get the ones that are potted and grown instead of grown and cut down. That way, when you are done with the tree for the season, you can take it to your back yard and plant it.

Gee, thanks. I'll be sure to start living my life exactly the way you live yours so as not to offend you.

Do you use absolutely no wood in your life? What is your house made of? Your furniture? Do you write on ordinary paper? That's made of trees too, you know.

Trees are a renewable resoure. I'm not cutting down an ancient redwood or anything. Just an ordinary tree, grown in a tree lot for this very purpose. If people did not buy real Xmas trees, then no one would bother growing these ones at all, and there would be that many fewer trees in the world.



Lili

 

[Pyper]

Sure, post your picture and I'll tell you you're real.

Sure.

 

[Lili]

this is going to be a first, please don't tell Lasher about this folks.

but I agree with him 100 percent.

I come from and live in christmas tree growing country, a 10 foot christmas tree can be grown cultivated in 7 years on these farms.

there are no clear cut areas any wheres to be found. The farmers motto around bout these parts, is replant, re grow, re forest.

No old growth trees taken for xmas trees in this area, all new growth.

farmers and loggers around here select cut, and forest clean here in new brunswick, some of the nicest woods exist for hikes that i have seen in the eastern side of canada

Thanks Lasher, modestmoust and Todd! You all got to posting faster than I did. I wouldn't go so far as to call that person a "fucking idiot" (although that was my first inclination), but you all saved me the trouble.

Toddy - I'm originally from NB too! Merry Xmas!

Lili

(PS My brother grows Xmas trees there.)

 

[His_kitty]

Growing up we always had live trees, and yes we replanted them afterwards...

Once I married we could only have fake ones, due to his asthma.

This year I'm going to finally be able to share with my son a real Christmas tree. I can't wait to go pick one up this week and have that fresh pine scent flowing through my home.

After the new year I'll probably just chuck it into the woods that happens to surround my home.

 

[Lili]

All these damn lit posters with their double entendric titles...

Ha ha! Made ya look!

Lili

 

[bknight2602]

Fake all the way, save the trees and reuse the fake ones year after year!

 

[LukkyKnight]

Sure.

Real breasts. Not confident about that hair, though.

 

[Pyper]

Real breasts. Not confident about that hair, though.

Natural all the way baby. And creatively styled I must say so.

 

[LukkyKnight]

Creatively - yes, that's the word I suppose.









But styled?

 

[Lili]

Growing up we always had live trees, and yes we replanted them afterwards...

Once I married we could only have fake ones, due to his asthma.

This year I'm going to finally be able to share with my son a real Christmas tree. I can't wait to go pick one up this week and have that fresh pine scent flowing through my home.

After the new year I'll probably just chuck it into the woods that happens to surround my home.

We always had real ones growing up too. I had to settle for fake when I moved out on my own because a real one seemed like "too much hassle". Now that I have my own house though, I really wanted a real one for our first Xmas here. I sold the fake one to a friend who will really appreciate the low maintenance of it, so at least it's being well used.

I'm sure your son will love having a real one. Today as I was decorating it, I realized how much I'd been missing the past several years without one. My bf thinks I'm nuts because I talk to it every time I walk by it.

If you wanted to 'use up' your tree, some towns will turn them into mulch for free or a small fee after the holidays.

Merry Christmas!
Lili

 

[Pyper]

But styled?

I'm wearing a barette.