| In days of old, the holiday season was filled with the | | | | families gather around the artificial Christmas tree on |
| smells of roasted turkey, pumpkin pie and pine trees. | | | | Christmas morning. One of the most valuable reasons |
| Today, sadly, many homes only get the "fresh" smell | | | | to use the artificial Christmas tree is the reduction in |
| of a Christmas pine tree when someone is burning a | | | | fire hazards; the fake tree is simply safer for a family |
| pine-scented candle. An artificial tree may be the | | | | to use. In addition, the artificial tree is a one-time |
| perfect solution for holiday decorating. Factors of cost, | | | | purchase that can be used over and over again. If you |
| ease of setup and maintenance, health concerns and | | | | are someone that enjoys the family outing to hunt for |
| even fashion may play into the decision to forsake a | | | | the Holiday Christmas tree, the sweet smell of fresh |
| real tree for a facsimile. | | | | pine as you set up your tree and the sense of tradition |
| It isn't any secret that the artificial trees are becoming | | | | that is built on these types of holiday activities, then an |
| more and more "lifelike" than every before. Artificial | | | | artificial Christmas tree is not for you. It is impossible to |
| Christmas trees in the past were stiff, uncompromising | | | | get these traditional holiday emotions when shopping |
| and did not arrive with lights already strung. For many, | | | | for a plastic tree at your local department store. |
| the idea of setting up an artificial tree, stringing the lights | | | | In our house, we compromised for a holiday solution |
| and dealing with storage wasn't that far off from | | | | that satisfies everyone. In the living room, which is |
| traveling to purchase a natural tree, stringing the lights | | | | heated with a woodstove, we use an artificial |
| and disposing of the dried tree at the end of the | | | | Christmas tree so that we need not be concerned |
| holiday season. Using a natural tree provided that fresh | | | | with the problems of a natural tree drying out or |
| holiday pine scent and for a little extra money and | | | | becoming a fire hazard. In the kitchen, another place |
| effort each year, it was worth buying fresh for many | | | | where heat is a concern, we use another slim fitting |
| people. However, today's artificial Christmas trees are | | | | artificial Christmas tree. In the family room, a room that |
| much easier to set up, many come pre-strung with | | | | is always kept a bit cooler, we use a large natural tree |
| Christmas lights and are easy to store in their original | | | | that fills the entire room with the fresh scent of pine. |
| box or storage bags. It takes only seconds to set up a | | | | By utilizing this compromise each year, we get the |
| pre-strung artificial tree and once set up, the tree can | | | | best of both worlds; fire safe trees where it is |
| remain on display for an extended period of time | | | | important to be cautious of fire hazards and the fun |
| without drying out. | | | | holiday tradition of a freshly cut Christmas tree picked |
| Artificial Christmas Trees are proving a strong | | | | out by the little ones from a u-cut tree farm. |
| competition for Mother Nature as more and more | | | | |