I did real trees for the first 30 some years of married life. The wife refused to even consider an artificial tree. Two years ago I just went ahead and ordered one online. Put the thing up and lit a Balsam and Cedar Yankee Candle.
She was home for about 4 hours before she found out it wasn't real -
So yeah - artificial for me. After this Christmas, based on what I paid for real ones - I'll be saving money!
Ron