We got a new tree this year

Dec 10, 2019
10:54:49am

Sea Chicken Surly

our 12-year-old tree was starting to shed as much as a real tree. And the pre-lit tree was no longer lit, so I still had to string up the lights. Should have bought a new one three years ago.

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POLL: Christmas Tree. Real or Artificial?

BYUtka

12/10/19 10:38am

We did real trees for quite awhile but I finally had enough. Pre-lit artificial and I'm not going back.

Indy Coug

12/10/19 10:39am

We are the same. The last couple of trees we bought were so dry

FuriousMonkey

12/10/19 10:42am

growing up we basically wasted all of the friday after thanksgiving christmas

Mayor of Cougartown

12/10/19 10:42am

RE: growing up we basically wasted all of the friday after thanksgiving christmas

Sea Chicken

12/10/19 10:45am

RE: growing up we basically wasted all of the friday after thanksgiving

crack

12/10/19 10:45am

Ha, I'm pretty sure the first time my wife heard me cuss was putting up our real Christmas tree

Bar7h

12/10/19 10:51am

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JimmyZ

12/10/19 10:53am

RE: Can someone please tell BYUtka that we have artificial trees? For some reason,

Indy Coug

12/10/19 11:02am

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JimmyZ

12/10/19 11:04am

It's real and it's spectacular.

PING Man

12/10/19 10:41am

We have both.

Blue Print

12/10/19 10:45am

dude, I thought 2 christmas tree families were bad. yikes

Mayor of Cougartown

12/10/19 10:47am

RE: We have both.

Sea Chicken

12/10/19 10:47am

Your situation seems an extreme outlier. Please vote based on the one you

BYUtka

12/10/19 10:50am

That is AWESOME!!!

Brisco

12/10/19 11:15am

It's kind of fun because we theme the dining room, kitchen and Library trees.

Blue Print

12/10/19 11:49am

Do you tape bananas to the ones in the kitchen?

buffgato

12/10/19 11:55am

No, the bananas are only there to show scale.

BYUtka

12/10/19 11:56am

Candy canes and chocolate bells.

Blue Print

12/10/19 12:05pm

OK where do I go with a pre-lit artifical tree that I put additional lights on?

Blue Print

12/10/19 10:52am

One of the two prelit options. It is expected that one will add decorations, or

BYUtka

12/10/19 10:56am

We got a new tree this year

Sea Chicken

12/10/19 10:54am

The wife preferred a real tree

Pro Logic

12/10/19 11:05am

We actually haven't had one in 3 or 4 years

buffgato

12/10/19 11:10am

Real is fun, but they're pricey when you live in the south

buffgato

12/10/19 11:08am

They are double or triple that everywhere

Sea Chicken

12/10/19 11:24am

I remember them being cheap when we lived in Seattle, but maybe I'm crazy

buffgato

12/10/19 11:30am

I prefer a real tree from a tree lot. We currently don't have a good spot to put

CanuckUte

12/10/19 11:09am

Expecting our first artificial non-pre lit tree via FedEx today. I've been the

BYUFBDAD

12/10/19 11:13am

I like one of my Christmas trees to be a pinyon pine.

Brisco

12/10/19 11:19am

When we lived in WA, real cut from the ground at a tree farm. In UT, artificial.

NWCoug

12/10/19 11:49am

I love real trees but they're like $100 for a 6ft twig here in TX, so we bit the bullet and went fake for now

byujag

12/10/19 11:55am

12 foot artificial pre-lit tree.

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