Christmas ornaments are my favorite part of the holiday! Every ornament on our tree tells a story. Some are handmade; others commemorate a trip or event. I always find myself staring at that tree of memories (not at the gifts under it) throughout the holiday season. It makes me smile.Unfortunately, the yearly Green Christmas Tree Controversy does not make me smile. It makes me surly because it's a no win argument largely based on preference. When it comes right down to it; neither a real tree nor a fake reusable tree is green because you are adding one more object that does not serve any real practical purpose to your house.
- Real trees are a fire hazard dripping in pesticides that might be better served living outside and photosynthesizing their little hearts out.
- Fake trees can contain PVC and will never break down if chucked in a landfill.
I’m still Team Christmas Tree though.. While both types of trees have their bad points, I don’t think having either type of Christmas tree in your house is like gathering around glowing plutonium. Although to be on the safe side, do not lick your Christmas tree.
To be even more truthy with you, I’m Team Fake Tree. I favor reusables over disposables, both Blitzkrieg and I have pollen allergies that make a real tree not so fun for us, and a fake tree allows me to break with Danish tradition and put my tree up right after Thanksgiving instead of on Christmas Eve.
I realize many of you like the reusable aspect of an artificial Christmas tree but hate the thought of bringing new plastic into your home. I can help you out with that. I did untold hours of l
9 Plastic Free Artificial Christmas Trees
Genuine Aluminum Christmas Tree - My little retro loving heart wants an aluminum Christmas tree like the one my grandparents had so bad. The only problem is you cannot put lights on it. If you do and there’s a short in your lights, the metal tree conducts electricity – zap! You just electrocuted Santa and shot straight to the top of The Naughty List.
24" Silver Iced Novelty Decorative Artificial Christmas Twig Tree - This tree might be more your speed if the thought of sorting and assembling all of the branches of a large aluminum tree crumbles your cookies.
IMAX Large Gold Metal Ribbon Christmas Tree – You can keep it all plastic free with this gold metal ribboned tree.
Zodax Golden Treasures Teton Oak Leaf Tree with Berries - works well if the traditional pine tree isn’t your thing while still allowing you to hang ornaments from its metal branches.
Pewter Decorative Ornament Display Tree - screams Solstice to me I don’t know why. Maybe because it resembles the bare tree in my front yard.
Ornament Display Tree - allows you to put the focus on the ornaments and not the tree. I can see using one to display nothing but cherished kid created ornaments.
Kurt Adler 7' Gold Metal Tree - may be more your style if you want a full size ornament stand type of tree over the table top model.
Feather Tree and Stand If metal isn’t your thing, how about feathers?! For a more old timey Christmas you can’t beat this hand wrapped goose feather tree and iron tree stand. This tree begs for homemade ornaments!
Kurt S. Adler 4-Foot Shaggy Tree – Bring a little retro whimsy to your celebration with this funky bright green metallic tree. This kooky guy is my favorite of the bunch!
Once you made your choice, extend your tree’s green life by:
- Shop mindfully for your preferred type of Christmas tree.
- Take care of it for as long as it is in your possession.
- Dispose of it mindfully
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I am team fake also. I have a 4' fake pine tree that has served me well for over a decade! I also have one of those ornament metal trees, a small one (table top) but if I ever replace my artificial tree it might be with a large metal one!
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