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View Poll Results: Real Tree or Artificial Tree
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Christmas Trees... Real or Artificial?
With the Christmas season fast approaching I thought this would be fun.
Do you get a real tree or use an artificial one.
I use and artificial one. I don't like all the needles falling. But I love the smell of a real tree.
Marci
Many visits. Live 20 minutes from the parks.
Work at Universal Studios in Diagon Alley. Ollivanders/ wand magic.
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We do the artificial but I love real. My DH does not. We did have a real tree a couple of times in our marriage but one of those times it had a crooked trunk. It kept falling over and ultimately we had to rig it to stand with a rope and our curtain rod. After that year he said no more.
I love the smell of a real tree.
Trips: Too Many to Count! Last Trips: April 2013 CSR; July 2013 Aloha Aulani, The Sequel, Hawaii. Multiple trips to WDW, DL, DCL!
Coming up: September 2013 "Scary September" at Disneyland/DCA/Universal Hollywood.
Proud DVC Members since 2004!
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Aritifical all the way in our house!
I have an allergy to pine trees, and survived about 5 years with a real tree when I was a kid and vowed never again!
Heather aka ibelieveindisneymagic
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Engaged at the castle!
My Disney Home is POFQ
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I'm like Heather, I'm allergic to the pine so I go artificial, although the smell is quite nice!
-Andy
Many trips to the world!
Disney College Program alumnus Aug 2011-Jan 2012 Electric Umbrella in Epcot
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As a kid I grew up having artificial trees for Christmas. My parents still have one in their house, both me and my brother have them in our houses as well. The current tree I've been using for at least 15 years now, which has brought the cost of that tree down to about $4.00 a year.
Chris °O°
DISNEYLAND AP - First visit 1969
WALT DISNEY WORLD - First visit 1985
HONG KONG DISNEYLAND - First visit 2005
SHANGHAI DISNEYLAND - First visit 2016
DISNEY DREAM CRUISE - First Cruise March 2019
FUTURE + WORLD SHOWCASE = EPCOT (Favorite WDW park)
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I LOVE real trees but about 10 years ago I started sneezing when one was in the house. Yes, it stops me up, but it turned out to be the water that made me sneeze more!! No matter how much I changed it out, mildew builds up in the water and THAT is what made me sneeze the most!! We are going to Disneyworld this Christmas so an artificial will go up.
Disney Institute December 1999
Ft. Wilderness June 1993, 1997, 2002, 2006-December 2007
Caribbean Beach January 2008
Port Orleans Riverside - January 2009
Pop Century January 2007, December 2009, November 2010
Pop CenturyOctober 2011
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I love my pre-lit artifical tree! I do miss the smell of real Christmas trees though. Bath and Bodyworks sells the Evergreen sent wallflowers and I plug it in behind my fake tree and get my yummy Christmas smells!
Jennifer
Princess Mallorie's Mommy
Many times as a little girl
2001- off-site
2006- Animal Kingdom Lodge (Honeymoon)
2007- Pop Century (came back with the best souvenir !!!!!!)
2008- Put on hold for new baby, born 10/02/08!
2010-Coronado Springs Resort
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I love real trees. BUT it is just easier to have a prelit artifical tree, so that's what we do. Maybe when our little boys get older and can apreciate it... or I will just got and get a scented plug in
Last Trip: April 2015 CBR
Next Trip: Sept 2015 Boardwalk
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I did the artificial tree when I had an apartment. Now that I have a house I do the real thing. Yeah it makes a mess but I still like it.
I just finished putting it up and decorating it. The guy couldn't believe I bought the first one I looked at. And it's beautiful, nice and full with no "holes" in it. And it smells yummy!
șoșKathyșoș TimeShare 12-12
GKTW June 2011,Off site Feb/March 2011
Dolphin and POFQ 8/10
POFQ Sept 08
ASMu Aug-Sept 07
Dolphin & CS-12/05. Mousefest & Dis Cruise
Dolphin & POR July 04,WDW-Dolphin June 02Dolphin 6/2000
Swan 6/99 -Dolphin March 98, March 94
+many more times offsite
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Real all the way!! I wouldn't even consider an artificial. Always had a real tree growing up, will always have a real tree in our house. We put ours up yesterday, decorated it this morning. We did it early since we leave for DW on 12/17. We left of 12/15 last year, so we decided to not put a tree up at home, and bought a 3' artificial for our room. I hated not having a tree at home before we left, I'll never do it again. We only got a 7' tree though, but I like it when we get a 10-12' a lot better.
'84 - offsite
'98 - Contemporary
'00 - offsite
'03 - Contemporary
'05 - Polynesian
'06 - Contemporary
'07 - Contemporary
June '08 - Port Orleans Riverside (surprise Father's day gift)
Dec '08 - Contemporary
Aug-09 - CSR
Dec '09 - BLT
May '10 - Polynesian
Feb '11 - CSR
Nov '13 - CSR
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Artificial tree for us since 13 year old DS is allergic to the fresh trees. Although I do miss the pine smell - thank goodness for Yankee Candles!
~Lisa aka Tinkermom
DVC Member since 05/01
Most Recent Trips:
12/28/12-1/4/13 OKW to watch our son and his HS marching band on Main Street on NYE!
7/13/12-7/17/12 Vero Beach & 7/17/12-7/23/12 WLVs
Next up: 5/28-6/12 Vero Beach (Beach Cottage!)/Fort Myers/Treehouse Villas
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I grew up with real trees each year. At first I was disappointed by an artificial tree, but our townhouse is small. We have a pencil-slim tree that looks lovely when all decorated. I often light the Christmas Wreath Yankee candle in the evening.
Amy
"I shall call him Squishy and he shall be mine. And he shall be my Squishy."
"Just keep swimming...just keep swimming...just keep swimming, swimming, swimming...What do we do, we...swim...swim"
Previous trips: Dolphin/ASMo, CBR, AKL, Pop, WL
Upcoming trip: Spring Break at Pop
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We have always had a real tree until we moved to NY three years ago. Now it's an artificial tree with pre-lit lights. I do miss having a real one. We considered getting a real one this year; but with a 6 month yellow lab --- decided it wasn't a good idea. Maybe next year as I do miss a real tree.
TRACEY
șOș
Disneyland as a kid
11/02-POFQ * 07/04-Disneyland PPH * 11/05-AKL * 10/08-CBR * 12/10-WL * 11/11-AKL * 11/12-AKL * 11/13-GF * 11/14-AKL * 06/15-Poly * 12/15-YC * 5/16-BWI * 12/16-BC * 5/17-Poly * 10/17-GF * 12/18-POFQ * 12/19-YC * 12/20-CSR * 12/21-BC * 3/22-CSR
Next: 9/22*BWI
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We always get a real tree, an artificial tree would be a lot more convenient and I have considered it, but our local nature center has a tree sale every year to help support their efforts throughout the year. There are numerous worthy organizations that also sell trees and wreaths this time of year and knowing that your tree helps to support a greater cause is worth any inconvenience of cleaning up a few needles and makes it that much more special.
Support your local community!!
Wells
"But...I don't want to go among mad people."
"Oh, you can't help that," said the cat, "we're all mad here"
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a real tree experience can't be beat, it starts with picking the right tree, getting it up as straight as possible, and where we are from,the tree's are usually frozen up in the cords,so we have to cut the cords and let it fall,the anticipation of waiting to decorate while watching it fall is fun.
then there is the awesome smell.
sure it's messy, but for us,it is the experience of it that makes it worth it.
"this is my family. I found it, all on my own. Is little, and broken, but still good. Yeah, still good."
stitchaholic
off site-1980
ASM-2008
POP-JAN 26,2009
CSR-JAN,2009
WLV-jan 2010
next visit dec 2010 AKL
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Our first year in Az., we got our usual real tree, put it up on Thanksgiving, and took it down two weeks later. We learned fast that a real pine in Az. survives about a week in the house.
REMEMBER WHO YOU ARE!!
1998 Shades of Green
1999, 2000,2001, Shades of Green
2002 Contemporary - 2003 Contemporary - 2004, 2005,2006, Shades of Green
Dec. 2007 First trip to Disneyland
Dec. 2008 Shades of Green & JQ "meet"
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I love real trees and that would be my first choice, but unfortunately my dog is very allergic to the real ones. So, we have an artificial. The first Christmas we had our dog (the cutest shih tzu on the planet ), we couldn't figure out why he was sick all the time. We took him to the vet and he asked if we had a real tree up in the house, and of course we did. The vet said that was probably it and my poor dog was on medicine for the rest of that Christmas season. The next year we got the fake tree and our dog had no problems at all. I love real trees, but I love my dog more!
Laura
"Any wish is possible. All it takes is a little courage to set it free!" Jiminy Cricket
25+ trips to WDW and counting! Stayed at: Poly, WL, Kidani, SSR, BLT, BCV, CSR, VB, POR, Jambo, OKW, CR, VGF & BW!
Next Up: Nov 2017 - SSR!
DVC Member & AP holder since 2008!
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I love the smell of a real tree but don't like the needles sheeding all over my floor, the univted guests that come with (one memorable Christimas we were invaded by spiders living in the tree) and carting it up 3 flights of stairs to get it into my apartment. So its artifical for me
Dragongirlx (AkA Ruth)
Do not meddle in the affairs of Dragons for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup
2004 - offsite
2006 - Dolphin
2007- WL
2008 - Poly
2009 - WL
2010 - GF
2012 - WL
2013 - WL
2014 - WL
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We need a "both" option.
Inside my house I have an artificial tree. I have forced air heating and that just destroys real trees FAST.
Out on my unheated front porch however, I have a real one. The lack of any heat lets it last amazingly long...and since the indoor tree is nothing but Disney ornaments, the outside tree gives us a place to put all the ornaments we had BEFORE we started collection the storybook ones.
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