Christmas trees - real or placky?

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[rich p]

Keep it real.
They don't drop these days and I've got a vacuum cleaner anyway.

 

[LCpl Boiled Egg]

Placky for us. It's green and the right way up though.

 

[LCpl Boiled Egg]

Make sure you keep your real one watered! Nag mode off.

 

[Aperitif]

Build one, Mort. Beer bottle one is probably going to be a hot favourite. Last weekend I saw a neat 'Nespresso pod' effort, a 'Fairtrade' one...all sorts of 'originality'. I've done plaster beads, rough timber, polystyrene, plywood (@threebikesmcginty !!!) ...even cold roll tarmac and astroturf in the past, and A142 road mesh... A flat tree is best - to be hung on the wall and taken down, just like a picture. I was going to build some spiral trees this year, and flog them, but in America, it has already been done...many pillowcases at the end of the bed ago...
Have a browse(not mine)...http://www.pinterest.com/track88cyclist/christmas-tree-ideas/

 

[Chromatic]

If it was up to me we wouldn't have one, if we had to have one and it was up to me what sort it would be artificial. I am however outvoted as usual so I have to spend a ridiculous amount of money on a real one only for it to be thrown in a christmas tree recyling skip after a few days of it stood in the corner of our room.

 

[summerdays]

Real always, part of the Christmas tradition of Mr Summerdays moaning about going to get it, getting it put up and then the needles...... and he knows I love it!

 

[nickyboy]

Placcy all the way. Decent ones look very realistic and we've got one of those "Christmas tree essence" sprays. Pack it away 12th night, job done. No pine needles, no disposing of the tree, no boring shopping for the tree, no transporting it home. And they're cheaper over their useful life of course

 

[Joshua Plumtree]

Last year the Christmas tree in our town centre was replaced by some monstrosity built from a local fisherman's crab pots complete with a hoarding advertising his fish shop!!

Needles to say, I didn't attend the grand switching on ceremony!

 

[ianrauk]

placky... it's about 10 years old.. 6ft jobby. still looks like new. Its in the garden shed at the moment. Plan to get out at the weekend. If Mrs Ian would go into the garden shed it would have been up an age ago,

 

[Cheddar George]

Last year the Christmas tree in our town centre was replaced by some monstrosity built from a local fisherman's crab pots complete with a hoarding advertising his fish shop!!

Needles to say, I didn't attend the grand switching on ceremony!

Get yer coat !

 

[raleighnut]

Both, we have a plaggy one in the house and one that 'self set' at the side of the house right nearby an airvent. Seems churlish not to run a set of lights to it (outdoor LEDs with the transformer indoors) and stick a few cheap baubles and a bit of tinsel on but not til Christmas Eve (traditionalistic I know but it makes it more special somehow to get the fire lit and spend the afternoon/evening putting the decorations up with a few glasses of mulled wine )

 

[jayonabike]

Real one direct from a Christmas tree farm. Getting it next weekend.

 

[AndyRM]

I've got a large pile of books which is charity shop bound.

Before they go, I'm going to build one of these:

 

[nickyboy]

Ours has been up since Nov 30 as well....I'm away for a couple of weeks so Mrs Nickboy asked me to pop the tree up before I went. To hell with convention, it looked lovely

Anyway, I'm very interested in the various ways people spell "placcy, plakky, placky"....there was even a "plaggy" upthread somewhere