Christmas trees

Real trees are greener than fake! We've had a real tree every year since moving into this house; this is the first year we won't have a tree at all. :(

So this article (http://www.livescience.com/environment/091210-christmas-tree-green.html) discusses the pros of a live trees for Christmas. Real trees are carbon-neutral, generally grown on tree farms, relatively close to where they are purchased, and mulched after being picked up. The only pro to artificial trees is convenience. The article also pointed out that petroleum is used to manufacture artificial trees, which are then shipped from China, and finally end up in landfills.

And real trees smell so lovely! I might have to go by the tree lot and get some cut off branches to hold me over!