Real Vs.Fake
Real
Plantation Tree |
Artificial
Tree |
A real tree isn't always perfectly shaped, but each one is unique,
just like people. |
An artificial tree has a perfect shape (but it still looks fake). |
The real tree you pick will look different each year taller, wider, or
even have a different type of needle. |
The artificial tree you buy is exactly like the thousands of others
and will look pretty much the same each year. (Ho Hum) |
Real trees are fragrant and smell like the forest. |
Fake trees smell like….? |
A real tree spends 8-10 years growing on a farm, all the while
producing oxygen and providing shelter for wildlife before it makes it to
your living room. |
An artificial tree spends eleven months wasting space in your closet
before you set it up. |
A real tree is biodegradable and will eventually decompose to provide
essential organic matter. |
An artificial tree is non-bio-degradable and will last for thousands
of years in the landfill after you throw it out. |
After Christmas, a real tree can be mulched for garden compost, used
for a fragrant bonfire or even sunk into lakes and ponds to provide a habit
for fish. |
After Christmas, an artificial tree goes back in the closet to collect
dust. |
You and your family can spend an afternoon in the fresh outdoors of a
tree farming picking from thousands of trees. Perhaps even enjoying a sleighride and a cup of hot chocolate around a bonfire. |
Your family can spend a few stressful hours in a crowded shopping mall
looking for an artificial tree. |
A real tree provides a job for the grower and his hired help during
its life on the farm and is then replaced by another tree to start the cycle
over. |
An artificial tree creates a job in a factory during its manufacture
until that job is replaced by a machine. |
Real trees use carbon dioxide, a gas emitted by automobiles and
factories, and turn it into clean oxygen to breathe. |
Fake trees use non-renewable resources and energy and create pollution
during their disposal. |