Real or Fake?

I did not realize how important the style of a Christmas Tree was to a person until it came time to get our 1st Christmas Tree. It was last Sunday and in the freezing rain we decided to go look for a tree. As we walked through Lowe's, I looked at all the artificial trees while my husband begged me to come outside and see all the rows and rows of the real trees.

It's hard to pick a real tree because you have to hold up each tree and look at all the sides and make sure it looks nice enough to go in your leaving room. Growing up I always had an artificial Christmas Tree, and it was always a tradition for my mom and I to set up the tree together.

Reasons I like artificial trees:

- Perfect Shape year after year

- The afternoon you spend setting up the tree and getting in the Christmas Spirit

- No yucky Pine Smell

- I have had an artificial tree all my life

Reason Avery likes real trees:

- It's Manly to go cut down your own tree

- Delightful Pine Smell

- He has had a real tree his entire life

So many things change when you get married and you learn to compromise. So Avery and I compromised and we ended up getting a real live Christmas Tree :) I really enjoy our real tree now, but maybe in the furture we will get an artificial tree one day.
At least I had fun decorating the tree!