POLL: Christmas Trees

[PghSkins]

Cut at Pioneer Trails in Poland, OH. The only thing that keeps the place from being absolutely perfect is their quagmire of a parking lot. They have great trees, hayrides, cocoa, cider, and coffee after and an efficient operation, but I always have to steam clean the carpets in my van afterwards. Total mess.

Side note: this is the first year I have not had to adjust the stand once it's been in, hack more off the top or bottom, etc. I am waiting for the other shoe to drop. It went way too well.

[Puffymuffin]

No tree for me, not at home most of the time so why bother really.

[eddysnake]

put up our douglas fir today. Got it at a farm, already precut. The house smalls awesome, might sleep by it tonight.

[Rob UK Pen]

It's got to be a real tree (Pre-cut).

[PghSkins]

put up our douglas fir today. Got it at a farm, already precut. The house smalls awesome, might sleep by it tonight.

That leads to a good question: if you get a real tree, what kind?

We swear by Canaan Firs (seriously). They're a little more unusual but we have never had a problem with them. They last a long time and smell good. They are native to the Canaan Valley area.

http://www.christmastree.org/trees/canaan.cfm

[tifosi77]

We just bought and trimmed our tree yesterday; 6 1/2 foot Noble Fir from a cut lot about a mile from our house. After we got it home we realized we could have gone with the 8 footer I passed up. Regardless, this is the first real tree I've had in about 25 or 30 years, and I'm positively beside myself with happy.

[thepittman]

Real tree up today

[eddysnake]

We swear by Canaan Firs (seriously). They're a little more unusual but we have never had a problem with them. They last a long time and smell good. They are native to the Canaan Valley area.

we switch it up a lot, went from a Canaan to a Fraser to a Concolor and to a Douglas this year. Haven't had a problem with any of them, although I've been digging the more fragrant trees the last couple years. If Canaan gets a canaan fir christmas tree, is it just a fir christmas tree for him?

[crayz]

Fake tree

Pre-lit with white and colored lights

Remote system so we can turn on white only, colored only, or both

win.

[Tybrus]

I live in an apartment with my less than 1 year old Lab/Pit mix and my girlfriend's 2 cats. A tree would not survive a single day. So, I went with Bah Humbug.

[blackjack68]

Got our 8ft. Douglas Fir today We cut it. $65.

Smells great and it's really full.

[Digitalgypsy66]

Fake tree, although I miss real ones. Kids with allergies, plus the trees that we get here seem to be dried out and end up on the floor three days after getting them put up.

Maybe next year...

[Daniel87]

When I have my own family I'll get a real tree.

[tjand72]

When I have my own family I'll get a real tree.

[pittsoccer33]

are the prelit trees ok? I think of them and worry about one bulb going out and the whole thing being a waste

[no name]

Love my fake tree, i am the worest at watering them, but i did love the smell of a real tree in the house.

I also loved burning the tree after it was up. Pines are fun to burn they pop so loud when burning.

[beerman]

Fake, I hate stepping on pine needles.

[canaan]

growing up, we had fake ones. i like the fake ones because of the hassle factor, but the wife insists on a real tree....its non-negotiable.

[Troy Loney]

growing up, we had fake ones. i like the fake ones because of the hassle factor, but the wife insists on a real tree....its non-negotiable.

I'm going to try to use the economic argument with the girlfriend to try and convince her to go with the fake tree.

[Kraftster]

Cut ours from Grupp's in Zelienople this weekend. 7' Douglas for $43 - quite cheap. Great place. I think I'll go there every year as long as I stay in the North Hills area.

[llipgh2]

are the prelit trees ok? I think of them and worry about one bulb going out and the whole thing being a waste

I bought a pre-lit tree this year. My old tree needed replaced, and Target had a great sale on them.

Went up in a snap, looks really nice and just enough lights (100 lights for a 4 foot tree), and it comes with spare bulbs in case one goes out.

So far I'm happy, but's it's only been a day.

[shafnutz05]

Got our real tree Friday night...it's just nice walking in the house and having that pine smell, really isn't Christmas season until you have that. Bringing it home was interesting....the Scouts at the place we get it at failed to secure the front end properly, so as we went down Route 30 the front end blew off the car and was hanging down by my window. For the rest of the 3 mile trip, I had my arm out the window holding the tree down in cold, gusting winds. Pretty sure I had a mild case of frostbite/a pulled muscle.

[canaan]

Got our real tree Friday night...it's just nice walking in the house and having that pine smell, really isn't Christmas season until you have that. Bringing it home was interesting....the Scouts at the place we get it at failed to secure the front end properly, so as we went down Route 30 the front end blew off the car and was hanging down by my window. For the rest of the 3 mile trip, I had my arm out the window holding the tree down in cold, gusting winds. Pretty sure I had a mild case of frostbite/a pulled muscle.

way to check your load before you left, nub.

[Kraftster]

are the prelit trees ok? I think of them and worry about one bulb going out and the whole thing being a waste

I bought a pre-lit tree this year. My old tree needed replaced, and Target had a great sale on them.

Went up in a snap, looks really nice and just enough lights (100 lights for a 4 foot tree), and it comes with spare bulbs in case one goes out.

So far I'm happy, but's it's only been a day.

I put 800 on our seven footer yesterday....

[PenguinSteve-o]

Went out with the girlfriend and cut down a big fat 6-7 foot tall tree at a tree farm after driving back 3+ hours from Columbus/Pens game. Walked around for 30 minutes after a hayride out to the field. Decorated it last night. First one I ever cut down myself and tied it to my cars roof. It was $50 total for it. It was fun/good idea.