Morning All,

I'm sat here (at work) thinking about christmas and wondered what your preference is to real or fake christmas trees .

We have always have a plastic one but this year I think I have got round my OH to have a real one..I love them (although they can be messy) and I can't wait to get it up and decorate it.

Oohh i'm so excited and it's not even Dec yet (how sad am I )

What's your preference ladies?

I love real trees, the smell etc! But think they can look naff if they are little ones! If I lived in a big house I would every year have a huge big real tree! but as it is I have a little ish fake one that does the job and I actually really like it! Its black and I only allow silver tones on it! The kids hate me!! lol!

xxx

I love real ones, but with my cats and Aimee it isnt practical to have one, so we will be having fake xx

I love real ones and always had them until last year when little man starting walking . I always had a huge one and they are very heavy to lift off a squashed toddler . Even though I have always bought the ones that 'don't drop' they still let a few needles go (especially when the central heating is on a lot) so until the kids are old enough not to knock it over or get needles in their feet/hands/mouth/eyes we will stick to the fake

xx

I prefer fakes. I'm too much of a perfectionist that i don't like the real ones cause you can never get a perfect shape one Plus the needles are annoying.

ShellandImmi wrote:

I prefer fakes. I'm too much of a perfectionist that i don't like the real ones cause you can never get a perfect shape one Plus the needles are annoying.

SNAP!!!!!

I'm terrible with my xmas decs etc. they have to match the lounge (so much so that I actually had to make them this year because I can never find the right colour ) even the wrapping paper has to match!!!

So yep, fake tree for us

I like that he fake tree can looj just perfect but i do love a real xmas tree!
I'll be sticking with my fake one this year as charlie will be too into it that i think a real one would be a bad idea! x

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Iv always grew up with a fake tree and think the needles must be a pain in the bum from real ones. My decs never match, all my bobbles are dif coloured and I have about 100 different 'kiddy' type bobbles eg reigndeer, santa's, angels, penguins, me 2u bears etc. I cant imagine having a 'themed' tree were all the bobbles match. Everyone different though!

I'm just really sad though Snoopy!! I even think about what colour toys to buy Libby so that they match the playroom

Susan,Libby+1 wrote:

I'm just really sad though Snoopy!! I even think about what colour toys to buy Libby so that they match the playroom

Susan you're not alone I'm the same, our tree decorations were bought to match the theme in the lounge and all the other decorations are the same.

I prefer fake trees , same reason as others, perfect shape and no pine needles. i'm worried this year with ava crawling around whether to have one up, how do you safety proof a tree?

Up until last year we always had a real tree, but with having Izzy I couldn't be doing with any needles on the floor, so bought a decent fake one

Its actually black and more like thick tinsel and bizarrely when its decorated with lights etc cant really tell its fake, I got more comments bout how nice it was than for any real tree!

SO now I prefer fake!

We also have a fake one. Dont see the point in spending loads of money and time on a new one every yr when i can just pop one into my loft every yr! x

pinkyd wrote:

Susan,Libby+1 wrote:

I'm just really sad though Snoopy!! I even think about what colour toys to buy Libby so that they match the playroom

Susan you're not alone I'm the same, our tree decorations were bought to match the theme in the lounge and all the other decorations are the same.

I prefer fake trees , same reason as others, perfect shape and no pine needles. i'm worried this year with ava crawling around whether to have one up, how do you safety proof a tree?

Ah thank you, I was beginning to think I was really strange

As for Ava, you never know she might not even bother with it - last year Libby was 13 months at xmas and she was still crawling but she didn't even batter an eyelid at it we couldn't believe it xx