Although I do miss the smell and freshness of a real tree, we haven't had one for at least 10 years. I just hate the waste of natural resources, growing and pruning trees for years, not to mention the shipping on trucks for thousands of miles to get fir trees to Florida to be used for a week then sent to the landfill for mulch.
We got a little fiber-optic tree that changes color, and is just the right size for our little area. Our grandkids think it is 'groovy'. I get a laugh out of it every time we put it up.
