The real live Christmas trees vs. environmentally, eco-friendly artificial Christmas trees debate rages on. Is it better to buy a real live Christmas tree, with the fresh clean smell of pine, or should you buy a fake artificial Christmas tree? If you celebrate Christmas, you would likely agree that it’s just not Christmas without a tree, decorated with beautiful Christmas ornaments and decorations for all to enjoy. Which is more eco-friendly, the real Christmas tree or the artificial (fake) Christmas tree, and does it really matter?

I don’t know why the cost of live Christmas trees has gone up so much in recent years, but there was a time when buying a Christmas tree from a “choose and cut” tree farm was the cheap way to buy a Christmas tree. From what I’ve heard, tree farms are feeling pressured to raise the cost of their trees because of how expensive it is to run the tree farm all year long, plus the rising cost of gasoline to transport the trees from location to another.

Real Live Christmas Trees

Until a few years ago, we would buy a live tree from a local Christmas tree “farm” so to speak that took up shop on the corner lot near a busy intersection. The trees were always in great condition and came in all sizes and shapes, and we typically ended up buying a live tree for Christmas that would almost touch our high cathedral ceilings.
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