Quote by celticq
Oh has to be real for me.
Christmas is just not the same without a real tree stolen from a neighboring farmer(who I once asked if I could have tree - he's got a couple of thousand ffs - and he said no) in a last of the summer wine type late night expedition which costs me more in beer than it would cost me to go and buy a fantastic souper douper top of the range fibre optic jobbie.
Its not one of those specially treated none needle drop types - so even though I don't get it until Christmas eve - it will be completely bald by lunch time on Christmas Day. Its hand selected by 3 pissed up fishermen with even less of an eye for stylish interiors than Linda Barker so its quite likely to be about 12 feet high but with branches only every 3 feet.
Last year it was about 3 metres across at the bottom but with no branches at all on the top 3 feet. It bore an uncanny resemblance to Anna from the King and I. (I found myself swirling round it singing "Shall we Dance" at every opportunity).
I love it - would never swap it for a real one. I can't imagine opening the Trivial Pursuits and not finding old pine needles in.
But there's a lot of pumpkins to be carved before then.
:rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: CQ you're just priceless :rotflmao:
:banghead: :banghead: 
A friend told me years ago that she always cuts a few branches off and puts bits behind her radiators so her whole house smells like Christmas... sounds like a good idea but I'm not convinced it'd actually work. Our first year in this house (my first and only very own house!) we had a real tree, and with 8' ceilings it was huge and looked fab :D I've been a bit skint since that year though so made do with an old fake one. Hoping to get a real one again this year but will have to wait and see.
