This seriously could be the great debate each holiday season. We believe there are benefits to both a real real or a fake one and love the memories we created with purchasing fresh tress but this year we decided to go back to faux and wanted to share with you the reasons why. We've compiled 5 reasons why we're going back to faux.
1. Ornaments
Yes this is actually a big consideration in choosing a fresh or a faux tree. My mom created a tradition when we were little where she would get each of us an ornament each Christmas that we would hang on the tree each year. The ornament would symbolize a milestone or an interest from that year. When we were older my mom gave us all of our ornaments to hang on our own trees. This is also a tradition she has carried onto her grandbabies and we adopted that tradition as well. Sadly with a fresh tree, most of these ornaments were too heavy for the branches of the tree and we weren't able to have them on the tree. That or we would get them on and half way through the holiday season we would hear a thud each time an ornament fell from the tree because the tree was dying a slow death and could no longer hang onto the ornaments.
So this year, we FINALLY get to have these ornaments up on the tree to carry on this sweet tradition that I loved so much as a kiddo and hope my kids will carry on with their families as well.
How we decorated our tree this year: As mentioned, we went back in time and took a traditional approach to the ornaments this year. We love to start with neutral ball ornaments as well as lush velvet tied on the branches and then fill in with our unique ornaments. We chose to eliminate the garland this year so it didn't take away from the ornaments that we didn't get to have on the tree for so many years. Target has an amazing idea where you can purchase Christmas Tree Kits to trim your tree with ease! These are great kits as filler ornaments.
See below for some of our favorite ornaments!
Places we love to buy ornaments:
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2. Fresh Trees Die a Slow Death Year After Year
Seriously though - by Christmas Day there was barely any room under the tree for presents because the tree had drooped so much! Not only that, the tree would get so crispy that every time there was even a slight breeze from walking past, half the trees needles would fall off, along with the ornaments I mentioned earlier. We would get to the point where we couldn't wait to get the tree/fire hazard out of the house.
Check out some of our favorite trees below! #1 below is our actual tree - Jasper Cashmere from Michael's
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3. Fire-hazard
We were always terrified that our house would burn down as our real tree became crispier and crispier as the season went on. We also badly wanted to place the tree closer to the fireplace but didn't dare. This year we were finally able to do just that! We were able to place the tree closer to the fireplace and just love the location! It doesn't feel shoved into the corner anymore!
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4. Our Fav Tree Farm Closed
If there was ever a reason to stop getting fresh it would be this year after our favorite real tree farm closed down. This was such a great place. Check out our post from last year, The Great Christmas Tree Hunt 2017, where we cut down our last tree there! Bummer!
5. "Fresh Tree Smell" Doesn't Really Exist
OK OK it does exist but for maybe a week it emanates fresh tree smell but after that it really doesn't. We were always buying candles or diffusers to get that smell anyway. This was super frustrating because what's the point then of the fresh tree?! Below is out all time FAVORITE reed diffuser. It is so yummy smelling I can hardly take it!
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