Real or Fake- Christmas Trees that is

Sled Dog · 11-29-2010, 10:26 AM

Going to get the tree tonight, got a little bit of snow on the ground which always makes it better. Going to fresh cut a fir, can't beat the smell in the house either! Anyway, who likes the fakes and who likes the real ones?

HK3- · 11-29-2010, 10:31 AM

I do fakes only because the dogs like to piss on the real ones.

longknocker · 11-29-2010, 10:33 AM

We Did The Real Every Year When The Kids Were With Us. Now We Have A Nice 8' Fake Tree With Lights That We've Had For 3 Years. Looks Great & Much Easier!

jledou · 11-29-2010, 10:38 AM

Fake and pre-lit tree for us. With everything going on and little ones running around every bit of timed saved and mess avoided is a bonus.

kugie · 11-29-2010, 10:42 AM

Real, I love going out and picking a tree with the Kids.
The wife not so much

Blueface · 11-29-2010, 10:44 AM

I started out with a fake for years.
About 14 years ago, moved to real.
Two years ago, went back to fake.
They are so real looking now, with lights already on them, three pieces to simply put together.
Way to simplified to go through the trouble of a real one and the worries of fires, etc.
The real ones that my wife would want go for over $100, every year.
The fake cost me $300 and done for life.

mmblz · 11-29-2010, 01:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Blueface

The real ones that my wife would want go for over $100, every year.

WOW!
How tall?
I should rent a truck and drive down to Florida

Blueface · 11-29-2010, 03:47 PM

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Originally Posted by mmblz

WOW!
How tall?
I should rent a truck and drive down to Florida

Average we would get was around 9'.

Is that cheap?

I never bought a real one outside of Florida, in fact outside of Boca Raton, that I can recall so wouldn't know how that compares.

Last one or two ran me a bit over $100. I recall no more than $110 though.

Wouldn't even be able to guess what they go for now.

Don Fernando · 11-30-2010, 09:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Blueface

I started out with a fake for years.
About 14 years ago, moved to real.
Two years ago, went back to fake.
They are so real looking now

and you're doctor friend taught you how to spot the fakes between the real ones right

I have no x-mas tree. I am not religious.

aich75013 · 11-29-2010, 11:05 AM

I'm slightly allergic, so we stick to fake.
Bought a nice one this year for $300 on sale.
Had the same one for 10 years that we paid $50 for before that.

Ashcan Bill · 11-29-2010, 11:16 AM

Real. Tried a fake one for a few years, but missed the sap, smell and dead needles of a real one.

timj219 · 11-29-2010, 11:23 AM

Live. We bought one about 2.5 feet tall in a pot last year. After Christmas it lives outside. We're getting ready to bring it back in soon. It's about 3' tall now. When it gets too big we'll plant it somewhere.

11-29-2010, 11:24 AM

As a kid, I remember going out with my family and cutting down a real one. Every year, it was a tradition. Now, we do fake. The space we have it in, plus 3 kids, a horse-dog (great dane), and 2 cats, we go fake. Just a lot easier for us to deal with and clean up. Maybe some year we'll do a real one.

Lucky_Hippo · 11-29-2010, 11:57 AM

Used to love going out and getting a real tree from the lot. The guy was just like the "used car salesman" in A Christmas Story. We'd barter around and when I smoked cigs he'd bum one and take a dollar off the price for that and help me tie it down. LOL

My mother gets choked up from the Pine scent when she visits so we've switched to fake trees. It's easy but I do miss shopping for the "perfect" tree each year.

E.J. · 11-29-2010, 12:04 PM

Artificial.

Use to do 2 trees, one real and one artificial... But now we just do the one....

We do pine scent for that real Christmas Tree smell...

chippewastud79 · 11-29-2010, 12:07 PM

Real. Fake trees = fake Christmas

Blueface · 11-29-2010, 12:12 PM

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Originally Posted by chippewastud79

Real. Fake trees = fake Christmas

So does that correspond to no snow = fake Christmas?

If so, we are so, so screwed in Florida.

chippewastud79 · 11-29-2010, 12:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Blueface

So does that correspond to no snow = fake Christmas?

If so, we are so, so screwed in Florida.

I thought there was no Chirstmas in the southern part of the US

Blueface · 11-29-2010, 12:26 PM

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Originally Posted by chippewastud79

I thought there was no Chirstmas in the southern part of the US

My wife took a while to adjust when we came down from NJ.
Took her at least three years to finally accept no cold, ice, snow, etc.
We now just look at it differently, in shorts, t-shirts, flip-flops and outdoor.

Believe me, it was not hard at all for me to accept that change.

Threadjack Off.

Knip23 · 11-29-2010, 12:15 PM

Fake all the way. Less to clean up. And the dog doesn't try and pee on it lol.

11-29-2010, 10:26 AM	#1
Sled Dog Still Watching My Back Join Date: Nov 2010 First Name: Tim Location: Buffalo, NY Posts: 198 Trading: (0)	Real or Fake- Christmas Trees that is Going to get the tree tonight, got a little bit of snow on the ground which always makes it better. Going to fresh cut a fir, can't beat the smell in the house either! Anyway, who likes the fakes and who likes the real ones?

11-29-2010, 10:31 AM	#2
HK3- Cashmere Jungle Lord Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Boffa Location: The town so nice they named it twice Posts: 5,035 Trading: (48)	Re: Real or Fake- Christmas Trees that is I do fakes only because the dogs like to piss on the real ones.

11-29-2010, 10:33 AM	#3
longknocker Postwhore Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Greg Location: Mobile, Alabama Posts: 11,162 Trading: (82)	Re: Real or Fake- Christmas Trees that is We Did The Real Every Year When The Kids Were With Us. Now We Have A Nice 8' Fake Tree With Lights That We've Had For 3 Years. Looks Great & Much Easier!

11-29-2010, 10:38 AM	#4
jledou Have My Own Room Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Jay Location: Kansas Posts: 2,224 Trading: (27)	Re: Real or Fake- Christmas Trees that is Fake and pre-lit tree for us. With everything going on and little ones running around every bit of timed saved and mess avoided is a bonus.

11-29-2010, 10:42 AM	#5
kugie Have My Own Room Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Joe Location: Billerica, Ma. Posts: 1,376 Trading: (3)	Re: Real or Fake- Christmas Trees that is Real, I love going out and picking a tree with the Kids. The wife not so much __________________ "Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together... mass hysteria!" Dr. P. Venkman

11-29-2010, 10:44 AM	#6
Blueface Gramps 4x's Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Horatio Seymore Hiny Location: Boca Raton - North of La Habana Posts: 8,774 Trading: (8)	Re: Real or Fake- Christmas Trees that is I started out with a fake for years. About 14 years ago, moved to real. Two years ago, went back to fake. They are so real looking now, with lights already on them, three pieces to simply put together. Way to simplified to go through the trouble of a real one and the worries of fires, etc. The real ones that my wife would want go for over $100, every year. The fake cost me $300 and done for life. __________________ Little known fact: I am a former member of the Village People - The Indian

11-29-2010, 11:05 AM	#10
aich75013 Feeling at Home Join Date: Nov 2008 First Name: Adrian Location: Allen, TX Posts: 774 Trading: (25)	Re: Real or Fake- Christmas Trees that is I'm slightly allergic, so we stick to fake. Bought a nice one this year for $300 on sale. Had the same one for 10 years that we paid $50 for before that.

11-29-2010, 11:16 AM	#11
Ashcan Bill Ol' Dude Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Bill Location: Henderson, NV Posts: 1,899 Trading: (6)	Re: Real or Fake- Christmas Trees that is Real. Tried a fake one for a few years, but missed the sap, smell and dead needles of a real one.

11-29-2010, 11:23 AM	#12
timj219 Feeling at Home Join Date: Jun 2010 First Name: Tim Location: Binghamton, NY Posts: 699 Trading: (15)	Re: Real or Fake- Christmas Trees that is Live. We bought one about 2.5 feet tall in a pot last year. After Christmas it lives outside. We're getting ready to bring it back in soon. It's about 3' tall now. When it gets too big we'll plant it somewhere. __________________ "All this of Pot and Potter - Tell me then, Who is the Potter, pray, and who the Pot?" Omar Khayyam

11-29-2010, 11:24 AM	#13
Wanger Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Real or Fake- Christmas Trees that is As a kid, I remember going out with my family and cutting down a real one. Every year, it was a tradition. Now, we do fake. The space we have it in, plus 3 kids, a horse-dog (great dane), and 2 cats, we go fake. Just a lot easier for us to deal with and clean up. Maybe some year we'll do a real one.

11-29-2010, 11:57 AM	#14
Lucky_Hippo A Cigar = 42 Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Gary Location: Kansas Posts: 494 Trading: (2)	Re: Real or Fake- Christmas Trees that is Used to love going out and getting a real tree from the lot. The guy was just like the "used car salesman" in A Christmas Story. We'd barter around and when I smoked cigs he'd bum one and take a dollar off the price for that and help me tie it down. LOL My mother gets choked up from the Pine scent when she visits so we've switched to fake trees. It's easy but I do miss shopping for the "perfect" tree each year. __________________ Who wants an orange whip? Orange whip? Orange whip? Three orange whips. -J.Candy

11-29-2010, 12:04 PM	#15
E.J. I'm nuts for the place Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 3,218 Trading: (21)	Re: Real or Fake- Christmas Trees that is Artificial. Use to do 2 trees, one real and one artificial... But now we just do the one.... We do pine scent for that real Christmas Tree smell...

11-29-2010, 12:07 PM	#16
chippewastud79 Fatter than you! Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Larry Location: A little place called home. Posts: 5,397 Trading: (44)	Re: Real or Fake- Christmas Trees that is Real. Fake trees = fake Christmas __________________ If we weren't supposed to eat animals, then how come they're made of meat? You can never have too many cigars, they are like an investment in good times.

11-29-2010, 12:15 PM	#20
Knip23 Keep It Simple Join Date: Dec 2009 First Name: Destrey Location: Ft. Polk/ Leesville Posts: 545 Trading: (10)	Re: Real or Fake- Christmas Trees that is Fake all the way. Less to clean up. And the dog doesn't try and pee on it lol. __________________ Leave No Cigar unsmoked!