Picking the Right Christmas Tree For Your Holiday

Getting a Christmas tree is a vital part of Christmas and creating the holiday spirit. It may be that you need a tree which is live, or it might be that an artificial tree would better meet your needs. Regardless, it is important to find a tree which suits your needs and helps you enjoy the holiday as much as possible. It may be that you'll want to cut your own tree - and this could be a part of your family Christmas ritual which carries on for generations.

Sometimes when you pick a tree, you'll want to get a pre-cut tree because they're the easiest route. Sometimes you'll also find a good selection of trees which are already cut. Note that you only have to pay for the tree and pack it into your vehicle and take it home with this method, but sometimes you'll end up with a dried out flaky tree that is a fire hazard. Try to avoid these trees. If you end up having to get a pre-cut tree, it's important to keep this in mind.

There is an advantage to artificial trees in that they have fewer safety issues. They are also quite simple when it comes to setting up and taking them down. They can be reused for years. They don't need lots of decoration either, especially the fiber-optic ones. You may choose to decorate anyway, just to bring about Christmas cheer in your home.

Ultimately, you may end up just cutting your own tree at Christmas time, so that you can get a fresh one. Also, fresh trees are less of a fire hazard. The ones that are cut fresh also have less needle loss. Even the synthetic trees often end up losing tons of needles. Sometimes you might need to get someone to help you cut the tree to appropriate proportions.

When choosing the pre-cut tree method, get a fresh and full tree with little damage or dryness. Make sure the tree isn't suffering from loss of needles, and isn't dried out or brown in too many places. If it is, it's probably old. Note as well that older trees lose more sap. Stickiness from this sap can get on your furniture and floor, as well as the presents you are giving at Christmastime.

Make sure that you ultimately pick a tree which gives you the options of family fun, an easy and convenient setup, and is easy to pick up and take down. Don't make the Christmas tree selection process into a big hassle that ends up detracting from your Christmas.

If picking out a tree together is part of your Christmas ritual, you probably don't want to use an artificial tree. However, if you care more about the decorating part of Christmas tree time than you do about the tree itself, you might be fine with an artificial tree.