Should You Use Real or Artificial Christmas Trees?

admin — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:14:41 +0000

The decision is entirely yours, but if you ask me, I use artificial trees. Why? Well, Christmas in itself is a big enough hassle for me. Why boost the level of my stress hormone by using a real tree in place of a fake tree, while a fake tree looks no less natural than a real one?

For a moment, forget that you are using a ‘fake’ tree for your Christmas celebrations and just think how much easier your life would become with it. Unlike real trees, fake trees are very easy to install and setup. Within just ten-fifteen minutes, you should have a full-blown, sparkling, ready-to-go Christmas tree on your floor or garden.

Here is how easy it is to setup a fake tree: when you buy a fake tree from the market, you will notice that the tree branches are usually color-coded. All you need is to look at the color code of each branch and then arrange the branches in that order. For your information, each set of branch also comes with a plug of its own. You simply need to plug the branches on to the tree and you won’t even know when you have finished setting up the complete tree!

Once you are finished setting up the tree, it is time to move it to the place where you would like to put it up. This place is usually either the ground floor or the garden. It is important that none of the tree branches are close to any table or the wall; so if you have a wall or table close by, you should shape up the tree branches accordingly! If any of the tree’s needles have fallen then pick them up and put it in their ideal places.

Use tree skirts to hide the base of your Christmas tree.

Unplugging the artificial Christmas tree is even easier than its setup process. You first need to remove the tree decorations, then remove the plugs one by one, starting from the first row. Then you put all the tree branches and the base in a tree box! You can use this tree again in your next Christmas. See how easy it is!

By using artificial Christmas trees, you save a lot of time. Also, since these trees come with Stard light bulbs, you can easily find replacements in case any bulb goes off! Stop celebrating Christmas the old-fashioned way and start this year’s Christmas with artificial Christmas trees.

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Top 2 Myths About Artificial Christmas Trees

admin — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:51:44 +0000

People tend to forget about things soon after they’re completed. And Christmas is no different in this regard. How many of the things you did for last Christmas have remained etched in your memory? It is now October and I am sire you have forgotten about most of the stuff you have done during last Christmas.

Do you remember the time when your hands were full of sap for a whole one week? Do you remember how hard you had to toil to pick that perfect Christmas tree for yourself when you were shuddering under a -10 degree temperature? Do you remember how you had to clean the needles everyday, as well as the space beneath the tree? I would really be surprised if you say ‘Yes’ to any of these questions!

Believe it or not, real Christmas trees suck! Don’t misunderstand me; they are of course natural, but the labor and pain that goes into their maintenance is just not worth it, not at least to me, which is why I have started using artificial Christmas trees since last year!

There are some myths and misconceptions about the artificial Christmas trees which don’t help people see the real truth about them. Farmers would tell you that real trees are better than the artificial ones because unlike artificial trees, real trees cause no pollution and are easily biodegradable.

Truth is, the farmers don’t want the artificial trees to hurt their businesses, so they tell people all kinds of misleading things to save their businesses from downfall. But truth is truth, right? And the truth is that artificial trees generate less biodegradable waste than real trees. Here is how.

In an ideal world, real trees would turn into soil, in which case they could be called biodegradable. But in our world, most of the real trees make headways into the landfills, where they get piled up into a huge mountain of waste.

If you take into account the fact that an artificial tree usually lasts for fifteen long years, then a “real” tree would generate at least half-a-ton of waste compared to the 20-30 pounds of waste generated by the fake trees.

Another myth is that fake Christmas trees are bad since they are made in factories, and the real trees are good because they are grown by farmers. Truth however is that real trees are as poisonous as the fake trees, if not more, because a lot of harmful chemicals are used either as fertilizers or to protect the tree from pests.

On another note, factory workers are paid better than farmers, so fake trees are more likely to be developed in modern and hygienic conditions compared to the real trees.