Christmas Tree Discussion

[SaintB]

I don't care about Christmas trees, I leave that to the rest of my family.

[Chinese Regions]

Fake tree

[New Sindo]

I'll buy a fake one. I think the cutting of real trees just for this purpose should be banned to protect the nature.

YESYESYES. Don't chop of trees!

[Of the Free Socialist Territories]

I put up a fake tree sometime in December. I do fake simply because it's easier, and evergreen trees are unheard of here in England. Apart from that massive row of conifers out back.

Oh please, there are plenty of places around here that sell fir trees of one kind or another.

I'll buy a fake one. I think the cutting of real trees just for this purpose should be banned to protect the nature.

YESYESYES. Don't chop of trees!

See my post about sustainable forestry.

[Vitaphone Racing]

I'll buy a fake one. I think the cutting of real trees just for this purpose should be banned to protect the nature.

Uh... You do realize that either way, something in nature will be destroyed to make the materials for the fake trees, right?

Except a synthetic tree will most likely be made from the waste product created from the production of oil and will last for many, many years.

[Nationalist State of Knox]

I put up a fake tree sometime in December. I do fake simply because it's easier, and evergreen trees are unheard of here in England. Apart from that massive row of conifers out back.

Oh please, there are plenty of places around here that sell fir trees of one kind or another.

[New Sindo]

I put up a fake tree sometime in December. I do fake simply because it's easier, and evergreen trees are unheard of here in England. Apart from that massive row of conifers out back.

Oh please, there are plenty of places around here that sell fir trees of one kind or another.

YESYESYES. Don't chop of trees!

See my post about sustainable forestry.

Huh? Where? viewtopic.php?f=9&t=157644

[Of the Free Socialist Territories]

Oh please, there are plenty of places around here that sell fir trees of one kind or another.



See my post about sustainable forestry.

Huh? Where? viewtopic.php?f=9&t=157644

No, here.

I'll buy a fake one. I think the cutting of real trees just for this purpose should be banned to protect the nature.

Sustainable forestry exists for a reason, you know, so you can have your Christmas tree without needing to worry about "destroyed nature".

Also, it's not actually bad for the environment. So get a real tree, all of you.

[Dyakovo]

Huh? Where? viewtopic.php?f=9&t=157644

No, here.

Sustainable forestry exists for a reason, you know, so you can have your Christmas tree without needing to worry about "destroyed nature".

Also, it's not actually bad for the environment. So get a real tree, all of you.

What if I have no desire to get a christmas tree at all?

[Nationalist State of Knox]

Huh? Where? viewtopic.php?f=9&t=157644

No, here.

Sustainable forestry exists for a reason, you know, so you can have your Christmas tree without needing to worry about "destroyed nature".

Also, it's not actually bad for the environment. So get a real tree, all of you.

Too much mess and effort.

[Of the Free Socialist Territories]

No, here.



Also, it's not actually bad for the environment. So get a real tree, all of you.

What if I have no desire to get a christmas tree at all?

Then you don't count. Out, heretic, go and find some other Scrooges to talk to.

[Ashmoria]

Describe your Christmas tree tradition. Do you put up a real or fake tree? When do you put it up? How do you decorate it? Do you put up a tree at all?

i have a nice fake tree that i used to put up after thanksgiving. but now i have 2 cats and dont want to be picking it and its ornaments off the floor over and over again so i dont put it up at all.

[Samuraikoku]

We always set up our Christmas tree (a fake one, unfortunately) around December 8th.

[Czechanada]

Can't wait to put up my Festivus metal pole.

[Ashmoria]

We always set up our Christmas tree (a fake one, unfortunately) around December 8th.

what kind of real tree is common there?

[Samuraikoku]

We always set up our Christmas tree (a fake one, unfortunately) around December 8th.

what kind of real tree is common there?

That's the thing... it is not a custom here to put up real trees for Christmas. But the most common are pine trees.

[TaQud]

Can't wait to put up my Festivus metal pole.

Seinfeld FTW

[The Victorious Dragon]

I'll buy a fake one. I think the cutting of real trees just for this purpose should be banned to protect the nature.

Aren't the trees deliberately grown specifically to be used as Christmas trees?

[Manahakatouki]

Fake tree usually...

It's so much fun...!

The fun is having a bunch of us have immense difficulty assembling the thing, since it takes a good hour or so to put all the pieces together...

For the longest of time, I've been the official, "Ring Boy" putting the little ring of fake green around the base to hide it's metal skeleton, and tormented by silly songs and an elf hat I have to endure...

Screw the tree, I hate it now...

[Of the Free Socialist Territories]

I'll buy a fake one. I think the cutting of real trees just for this purpose should be banned to protect the nature.

Aren't the trees deliberately grown specifically to be used as Christmas trees?

Yes, they are. In Britain, at least.

[Ashmoria]

what kind of real tree is common there?

That's the thing... it is not a custom here to put up real trees for Christmas. But the most common are pine trees.

what kind of pine?

i dont like pine trees for christmas. they dont lend themselves to decorating the way fir trees do. or artificial trees do.

do pine trees grown in argentina? (youre from argentina, right?) .... i guess i dont know how many species that exist in north america also exist in south america.

[Ovisterra]

Real tree. We put it up around half way through December. We make a big deal out of decorating it. Everyone in the family helps and we listen to Christmas music while we do it. It's probably my third favourite part of Christmas, after Christmas Eve and Christmas day.

[Samuraikoku]

what kind of pine?

i dont like pine trees for christmas. they dont lend themselves to decorating the way fir trees do. or artificial trees do.

do pine trees grown in argentina? (youre from argentina, right?) .... i guess i dont know how many species that exist in north america also exist in south america.

Pines are not a native species, but they have been introduced, as well as many others.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environment_of_Argentina#Flora

I don't like pines too much either... our neighbors have one. Makes a mess out of our terrace.

[Menassa]

I think you mean Chanukah Bush?

[Roan Cara]

Jim doesn't really do christmas, he puts up with it for me because I LOOVE it. SO, every year he helps me take our fake tree and all the christmas bins out of the closet and if I am very lucky and nice he will help me put it up but I have to fluff out the branches and decorate it, sometimes he will help decorate the parts that are hard for me to reach though. We do a fake one because I was afraid of fire when I had my first apartment and first chance to have my own tree. It caught on with my parents too because my dad is often allergic to the real trees.