I love a real tree and this year ours is 11 feet! Growing up we have always had a real tree. But after my mother died, we did not set up a tree anymore. When I got on my own I could never afford one, but my first year in college I was a work study in the Registrar's office and my boss gave me a small artificial tree with ornaments, lights and an angel to go on the top. That was mine and Zach's tree until I met my husband. He has always made sure that we had the best tree he could get! We cut one down a couple of years ago, but usually we go to the same place to get them. I still set up my little tree though
We always had a real tree. You know, go out, slice it down drag it home. I have been the one cutting them down for years. I do agree that it is more fun to do it as a family or at least part of a family. Doing it by yourself can make it harder to decide which tree to finally take home. When I moved last year I went out and sliced down a tree for my first Christmas in my new house. It is not so easy to get it in the stand and get it centered by yourself. But I managed. I have tree shopping on my list this weekend. I have to pick the better day and go trapsing through the fields for my Douglas Fir. My mother has broken down and gone with the artificial tree. Strange from the women who enjoys the smell of a real tree. Oh well, that is why Yankee Candle makes a Christmas Wreath candle, same effect.
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I'd "prefer" real, but we bought a real nice artificial that we bought on sale the first year we got married. It still looks pretty good. Mrs. Web has been going to get a new one for the last five years but hasn't found one she likes better. So, we just keep using our old artificial and saving that much more money every year.
