What kind of tree will you have in your home this year?

[Badgerinmaine]

My wife and I just put up the first Christmas tree in the new house we bought. So, my question to you is: Are you putting up a real tree or an artificial tree?

[packinpatland]

We went an picked ours out today. Nice fraser fir from Vermont.

[Badgerinmaine]

We bought ours from a local grower from here in Maine. It's a Fraser Fir, too.

[BallHawk]

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/314WY197QSL._SL500_AA187_.jpg

Hooray for Judaism!

[Kiwon]

Fake tree. It's illegal to cut trees in Korea.

[bobblehead]

Neither, but my wonderful mother will have the usual fake tree up for my annual return to wonderful shawano, WI for christmas.

[Freak Out]

I just cut one down in my front yard...I kind of have a small blue spruce tree farm....nature at it's best.

[Iron Mike]

Balsam fir for the IM household.

[texaspackerbacker]

Artificial--actually, two of them.

[Joemailman]

Canaan Fir from a tree farm northeast of Wausau.

[SkinBasket]

Balsam Fir from some guy who lives in his truck. The wife keeps threatening to get an artificial one, but every time we look, they still look like ass compared to the real thing.

[sheepshead]

Here's mine before I take it off the car:


http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e102/heymike0308/IMG_0452.jpg

[oregonpackfan]

We got a Douglas Fir--the state tree of Oregon.

Yes, we still did the traditional trip out to a local tree farm to select and cut our tree.

I realize I am definitely getting older as it seemed to take more effort to saw it down with my trusty hand saw. When one guy showed up with his own chain saw, I cast a very contemptuous look at him. By the time, I was only 3/4th of the way hand-cutting my tree, I was getting downright envious of him! :)

[Joemailman]

Guy cutting down Christmas tree with chainsaw = Girly man.

[MJZiggy]

I dunno. I like trees so I pull mine out of a box each year. Doesn't smell all piney, but doesn't need watering either. I wonder what they do with all the trees at the end of the season. Surely there must be some purposeful thing that gets done with them. Right?

[Joemailman]

Here in Wausau, thet get picked up by the sanitation crews and become mulch.

[packinpatland]

My brother, a true Yooper, went out on his own property found the perfect tree, realized he'd forgotten a saw, too far to walk back to get one.......so he shot it down.

[Badgerinmaine]

Here in Wausau, thet get picked up by the sanitation crews and become mulch.
I believe the same happens here in Augusta, ME.

[Badgerinmaine]

Here's mine before I take it off the car:


http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e102/heymike0308/IMG_0452.jpg

Well, with a tree that big, I can see why you'd want to tie it to your roof--that puppy would be dropping needles all over your interior otherwise. :P

[Badgerinmaine]

Fake tree. It's illegal to cut trees in Korea.
Here in Maine, it's pretty close to being a sacrament. 8-)

[Tyrone Bigguns]

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Hooray for Judaism!

I can't wait for Hunakkah Harry to arrive.

[packinpatland]

My Vermont Fraser Fir trimmed out pretty nice :wink: Cheers!

http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s229/packinpatland/087x_edited-1.jpg

[oregonpackfan]

I dunno. I like trees so I pull mine out of a box each year. Doesn't smell all piney, but doesn't need watering either. I wonder what they do with all the trees at the end of the season. Surely there must be some purposeful thing that gets done with them. Right?

Out here in Oregon, a number of Scout groups, with parent help, take $5 donations to recycle them as mulch.

[MJZiggy]

Nice earthy crunchy idea. Then let me guess, they sell the mulch in the spring, right?

[sheepshead]

Here's mine before I take it off the car:


http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e102/heymike0308/IMG_0452.jpg

Well, with a tree that big, I can see why you'd want to tie it to your roof--that puppy would be dropping needles all over your interior otherwise. :P

Actually this is my annual Christmas car decoration. I was parking at the Blackhawks game last night and the attendant was taking pictures of it. I get that a lot-just thought I would share.
It's a fake BTW.