TELL US: Do You Have Real or Artificial Christmas Trees?
Are you willing to withstand the cold, sap and needles necessary for an 'authentic' Christmas or will a tree in a box suffice?
The Christmas tree dilemma: Purists won't go near fake trees; others can stand the thought of chopping down a tree that will leave needles, sap and leaking water in their living room.
Despite the hassle, real trees outsell their artificial cousins by more than a 3-to-1 margin each season, according to the National Christmas Tree Association. Bear in mind, of course, artificial trees can be reused every year.
Are you undertaking the Griswold family tradition this year, or are will an artificial tree do the trick for your family?
Kim Wescott
10:15 am on Monday, December 3, 2012
I think I sent this comment to the wrong section of The Patch ;-(
We have many talented craftspeople in town.....Perhaps the town could commission one of them to design a Grafton Christmas ornament that would be for sale around town. Maybe a new, dated one every year.
We spend a lot of time in Brewster in the summer, and each year I make sure to purchase the Christmas ornament about Brewster for that year.
As we drove around yesterday for the wonderful Grafton holiday event, I kept thinking about that idea, and how nice it would be.
Thanks!
Dan B.
11:05 am on Monday, December 3, 2012
I gave up having a real tree when I moved out on my own, but this year I was thrilled when I saw Wegman's had small real trees with a based included so I got one for $17.99 and it's awesome (and fragrant in a good way).
Chris L.
12:26 pm on Monday, December 3, 2012
We have neither. My fiancee is from Virginia, so we visit her family for Christmas, after doing Thanksgiving here locally with my family.
There's no need to decorate our house since we're always out of town.
Kim Wescott
2:58 pm on Monday, December 3, 2012
Real tree for us. Always.
This year we found a wonderful family-owned tree farm right here in Grafton! Cutting down our own tree certainly added to our Christmas spirit. It didn't hurt that the trees and ground were covered with a beautiful coating of snow on Saturday! Don't hesitate to visit them - Highfields Tree Farm, 44 Fay Mountain Rd, Grafton.
And no, I have no relationship with the folks that own the farm ;-)
Sean O'Donnell
3:10 pm on Monday, December 3, 2012
My family used to get a real tree each year until I was in High School. Then we got a fake ("artificial" as they say in the biz) tree. It was way easier to decorate but it just wasn't the same.
Danielle Horn
3:29 pm on Monday, December 3, 2012
Real trees make me sneeze. My fake tree is majestic. ;-)
UglyHat
3:55 pm on Monday, December 3, 2012
"Real Trees Make Me Sneeze" Would have made a good Dr. Seuss title.