I was thinking about darkangel's post on the cutting down of trees for Christmas...

[Kali]

3. they smell good

I "compromise." We cut some branches of a couple of different juniper trees and tie them together with baling wire to make a more-or-less x-mas tree shape. After I take them down the dry stems make good kindling.

you make a good point about nourishing more than just the body, plus they are generally an ag product and even when harvested from the wild, they are a renewable natural resource.

I have much less problem with cutting x-mas trees than I do with the sorts of activities associated with black friday or FFS! shopping on Thanksgiving.