Does Your Family Have A Holiday Tree?

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43. I spent an incredible amount of money to buy a real tree with root ball to plant afterwards

one year.... It was so heavy that I had to pay two guys to get it in and to plant it afterwards. It smelled heavenly, I cared for it "religiously", put it in the garage afterwards to transition into planting outside and planted on a warmish winter day providing tremendous aftercare the next two months.

It died. I cried.


There is NOTHING like a real tree, but I now put up a small fake one (most years) or nothing at all (last year). Then I go on the annual search to find the BEST candles, reed diffusers and similar to try to recreate the smell that I sorely miss.

I am appalled at how much they charge for "real" Christmas trees in some areas, even though I realize it is mostly transportation costs driving up the cost. And, yes, it is sad to see these beautiful trees all sacrificed for a holiday--but they are farm-raised, so if one gets past the "green house gases" produced to transport them, it is probably a "wash"...