You knew this was coming didn't you? You knew I was not going to stay quiet this year about it or maybe you just hoped I would. I have tried but it's got to come out somewhere so here it is. It's those Christmas trees. Yup, those trees, the ones that aren't real trees. It's like putting fake flowers in your home or worse fake plants. You wouldn't do that would you? I thought not.
And don't even try to say it's environmentally friendly cause I'm not buying that line. That fake tree is made of metal and plastic that is mined and drilled for (remember BP and the Gulf coast?). It doesn't go back to the earth when you throw it away because it starts to look tattty in a few years.
Ya, I hear you, you don't like those needles that real trees drop all over. Fake ones do the same thing. And don't you have a vacuum cleaner that you use? Most people have hardwood floors now making it very easy to sweep up those offending needles and toss them outside where they naturally decompose. You can't say the same for those plastic needles from your fake tree can you now, nope?
I hear you moaning about how long it takes to put lights on a real tree and your nice fake one has already got lights on it. Come on do you really think it takes more than about 10 minutes to hang lights on a Christmas tree? Unless you have a 10 foot tall Christmas tree that is 6 feet around and you have to use a ladder to reach the top you don't have an excuse! It's 10 minutes of very light exercise here people not a 5 mile jog.
The best part about a real tree is that I don't have to store it all year. I just put it out by the curb after Christmas and they pick it up to be mulched. Plus the tree farms that grows these trees make jobs for people and add oxygen to the air thus making them an even bigger environmental bonus. Have you ever seen a mine or worse a pit or strip mine where the metals from your fake tree were mined from? Not a pretty sight nor an environmentally friendly one. Mines or petroleum products do not make oxygen for us the breath but real trees do.
Until someone can say that their fake tree was made from something that is biodegradable, environmentally friendly, that adds oxygen to the air and takes out carbon dioxide by poor people from a starving family then you don't have a good excuse for that fake Christmas tree and I know you need that 10 minutes of light stretching to hang those lights so get out there and get your REAL tree. Don't make me have to say this all over again next Christmas!
And don't even try to say it's environmentally friendly cause I'm not buying that line. That fake tree is made of metal and plastic that is mined and drilled for (remember BP and the Gulf coast?). It doesn't go back to the earth when you throw it away because it starts to look tattty in a few years.
Ya, I hear you, you don't like those needles that real trees drop all over. Fake ones do the same thing. And don't you have a vacuum cleaner that you use? Most people have hardwood floors now making it very easy to sweep up those offending needles and toss them outside where they naturally decompose. You can't say the same for those plastic needles from your fake tree can you now, nope?
I hear you moaning about how long it takes to put lights on a real tree and your nice fake one has already got lights on it. Come on do you really think it takes more than about 10 minutes to hang lights on a Christmas tree? Unless you have a 10 foot tall Christmas tree that is 6 feet around and you have to use a ladder to reach the top you don't have an excuse! It's 10 minutes of very light exercise here people not a 5 mile jog.
The best part about a real tree is that I don't have to store it all year. I just put it out by the curb after Christmas and they pick it up to be mulched. Plus the tree farms that grows these trees make jobs for people and add oxygen to the air thus making them an even bigger environmental bonus. Have you ever seen a mine or worse a pit or strip mine where the metals from your fake tree were mined from? Not a pretty sight nor an environmentally friendly one. Mines or petroleum products do not make oxygen for us the breath but real trees do.
Until someone can say that their fake tree was made from something that is biodegradable, environmentally friendly, that adds oxygen to the air and takes out carbon dioxide by poor people from a starving family then you don't have a good excuse for that fake Christmas tree and I know you need that 10 minutes of light stretching to hang those lights so get out there and get your REAL tree. Don't make me have to say this all over again next Christmas!
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What I love about our area and real trees - after Christmas we drop them off at different sites at parks and such and they are taken and sunk into the Chesapeake Bay to help restore reefs and create fish habitat! Nothing beats the real thing, amen sister!
We even try to put natural decorations on our tree now.
Pretty soon I'll be saying "when I was a kid we....." I feel old!
Okay, now after that humbug of a downer, let's all sing a rousing chorus of Jingle Bells!
I sometimes feel like I'm swimming against the current but then I come and read about what all my lovely blogger friends are doing and I feel all is right with the world again.
I'm singing jingle bells and O' Christmas tree too!