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Christmas Trees

What Kind?

  • Real

    Votes: 23 54.8%

  • Fake

    Votes: 5 11.9%

  • Bah Humbug

    Votes: 11 26.2%

  • Bacon/loco sucks

    Votes: 3 7.1%
  • Total voters
    42
Pesqueeb

Pesqueeb

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Feb 2, 2007
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Discuss.

We bought a fake one this year despite my prior assertion that a fake tree was the sign of a commie. Gotta say I'm pretty happy so far.
 
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I Are Baboon

I Are Baboon

The Full Dopey
Aug 6, 2001
32,427
9,476
MTB New England
I've got a fake $25 one I bought at Walmart. It goes up Christmas Eve and comes down ASAP afterwards. If my brother didn't come over with his kids on Christmas Eve, I would not put the tree up. I do it for the childrens.
 
binary visions

binary visions

The voice of reason
Jun 13, 2002
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NC
I'd rather have no tree than a fake tree.

We don't do any tree these days because we spend a week around Christmas up in NH. Seems like a waste to put up a tree and not be here on or even around Christmas.

I do miss the event of selecting and cutting down a tree in the snow. It was always one of my favorite things to do around Christmas.
 
TreeSaw

TreeSaw

Mama Monkey
Oct 30, 2003
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Dancin' over rocks n' roots!
binary visions said:
I'd rather have no tree than a fake tree.

We don't do any tree these days because we spend a week around Christmas up in NH. Seems like a waste to put up a tree and not be here on or even around Christmas.

I do miss the event of selecting and cutting down a tree in the snow. It was always one of my favorite things to do around Christmas.
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There was a new story on the other day about nurserys "renting" christmas trees. They are various sizes, potted and you can rent them for the season or as little as a day. :think:
 
jonKranked

jonKranked

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Nov 10, 2005
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Liz and I have a fake one. This is our third Christmas using it, and we like it. It's pre-lit too. Eventually we'd like to get a real tree, but not until we own a house.
 
kazlx

kazlx

Patches O'Houlihan
Aug 7, 2006
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1,957
Tustin, CA
The lady wants to get a real tree. This is the first time I will have actually bought a tree. I did the sappy thing for my girl and bought 'our first xmas tree topper'. Going to marry this one, so making it a good xmas is in my best interest.
 
amishmatt

amishmatt

Turbo Monkey
Sep 21, 2005
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397
Lancaster, PA
Real for us. But every year I hate putting the lights on a little bit more, so it may only be a matter of time.

And squeeb, you were a Commie long before you bought a fake tree.
 
TN

TN

Hey baby, want a hot dog?
Jul 9, 2002
14,301
1,353
Jimtown, CO
L & I are reviving the x-mas cacti this year. trees are expensive & messy but drivin to the country to cut one down sure is fun.
 
IH8Rice

IH8Rice

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Aug 2, 2008
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we just bought a new, fake, pre-lit tree. pretty fancy too.
we usually save the real tree for my parent's house where we usually spend Xmas and let them deal with the mess. plus i think our 3 dogs might take a interest in eating some pine needles in our house.
i went back to my parents house one year and they had a fake white tree and that didnt fly with my. i went out on Xmas eve and bought a real one. fake trees are one thing, but fake white trees is where i draw the line
 
jonKranked

jonKranked

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IH8Rice said:
we just bought a new, fake, pre-lit tree. pretty fancy too.
we usually save the real tree for my parent's house where we usually spend Xmas and let them deal with the mess. plus i think our 3 dogs might take a interest in eating some pine needles in our house.
i went back to my parents house one year and they had a fake white tree and that didnt fly with my. i went out on Xmas eve and bought a real one. fake trees are one thing, but fake white trees is where i draw the line
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my fake tree is white. I was skeptical at first, but it actually looks really nice once its decorated. I'll post pics tonight.
 
jimmydean

jimmydean

The Official Meat of Ridemonkey
Sep 10, 2001
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13,346
Portland, OR
Real, cut our own from the tree farm. We got a small ghetto fake tree last year when we was in the ghetto, but we will rock a smallish real tree this year.

Mad Dog put the fake tree up last week and the orange minion has had a field day with it. It has the smaller plastic ornaments, so she doesn't break anything.
 
cadmus

cadmus

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May 24, 2006
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We've been doing the real tree thing since we bought our house six years ago. This year we found a tree farm where every tree on the lot was the same price, none of that charge by the foot nonsense. This is the first year we have a tree proportionate to our vaulted ceilings and it is awesome.
 
X3pilot

X3pilot

Texans fan - LOL
Aug 13, 2007
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Fake indoor, planted a blue spruce in the yard, decorated it with dried fruit, popcorn and bird seed coated pine cones for decorations.
 
dante

dante

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Feb 13, 2004
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Real from a local tree farm. Didn't have one till we got a house, though, as our ~500' illegal basement apt that we lived in previously was enough of a death-trap without a dry, easily-flammable Christmas tree.
 
Quo Fan

Quo Fan

don't make me kick your ass
Mar 31, 2006
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Here. I'm just not sure where "here" is.
Had real trees when I was growing up, and a few years ago my parents switched to a fake one because my mom hated vacuuming up all the pine needles after the tree was thrown out.

BigT and I rock a fake prelit tree. Got it for $17 after her first christmas here.
 
stevew

stevew

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Sep 21, 2001
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I'm doing a stocking too. This year it will be RHCP style tacked to my bellybutton, filled with a sausage candycane for some lucky elf.
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not going to hang yourself from one as a live decoration?
 
manimal

manimal

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Feb 27, 2002
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IH8Rice said:
i dont remember Clark being a masked robber though
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;)

it was in the teens with a sub-zero wind chill and, in the rush to gather up all the kids' winter gear, i left my jacket and gloves on the kitchen table. soo...it was just me, my hoodie, my turtle fur neck gaiter, and the cheapo hunting gloves i snagged at wally world on the way up :D
 
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