Best place for artificial Christmas trees.....

I am not into plastic trees either tbh, this is last year's real one from Lidl (bag of nuts for scale) same one is in the terracotta pot outside, it will eventually live in the garden after coming in a few years

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It ain’t Christmas if you don’t have a real tree. IKEA for me, £30 but you get a £20 voucher to spend in the new year.
 
If the power outages become a thing I can see people burning their Christmas tree to keep warm ;)

The wife makes a big thing about a decorated real tree, can't say I could be mithered with one given a choice. Seems a waste, financially and materially. I suspect it's another facet of her Mrs. Bouquet persona :)
 
I love real trees havn't had one for years though

Haggisman said:
On the environmental front, I wonder which is worse actually; obviously a plastic tree is eventually going to become landfill and has a manufacturing footprint, but is a plastic tree that lasts 10+ years worse than acres of land set aside for intense farming of trees (and all the fuel used in their care, transport, etc.) for them to then be burned or left to rot, releasing co2 in the process, for those 10 years?

Obviously the £20 ones from Argos etc. which last a single year should definitely be banned...
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They're a crop like any other not sure why they would be better or wosse than any other at least once they're in the ground they're pretty much maintenance free and leave alone for the 10 or so years they take to reach size. Argos trees last for years the only trouble is getting them back in the box!
 
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R.O.S.S.I said:
Gotcha.

I'm not averse to spending a few hundred on one as it is going to be something that hopefully lasts 10+ years but the price of some is eye watering!
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Some of those prices are OTT so why not take a look at John Lewis as their trees do last and for something cheaper Robert Dyas which we have also used.
 
throwaway4372 said:
wtf do ppl need trees in their house for? makes no sense, don't go along with it.
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I haven't read through the thread and I'm sure it's been discussed at length, but I enjoy it because it's a nice change and it brightens the house up for a few weeks. I also find they have a "feel good" factor to them. Not just the trees, the decorations in general.
 
Christmas is too commercialised in the good old days it was a lump of coal in a sock with an orange or something like that..

not a chocolate orange either, now you need to spend over a grand per child to prove you love them
 
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R.O.S.S.I said:
Gotcha.

I'm not averse to spending a few hundred on one as it is going to be something that hopefully lasts 10+ years but the price of some is eye watering!
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Ye, ours was £100+ (quick Google, maybe £150+ now) but it's decent enough and I feel it doesn't require upgrading. Pre-lit with "snow" bits on; so simply put 3 sections together and get bending the 'twigs' into place, easy.
CBA with a real one.

I mean them Balsam are top tier but not really for the average home. Would look good in a stately home etc with the right ceiling heights etc.
 
dLockers said:

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PermaChanged said:
I hope these are as a good as you say they are, after forking out an arm and a leg for one just now :cry:
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Review time!

Well it would be, if the bloody thing had arrived :(

First tree - lost in transit.
Second tree - wrong tree sent.
Third tree - apparently on its way.

To be fair to Balsam Hill though, they have been quick at attempting to rectify each time - we may have a tree by Christmas if we're lucky. I'm hoping they let us keep tree two...
 
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