Finding The Perfect Christmas Tree
The Christmas tree is the timeless symbol of the holidays, home, and family traditions. Selecting the right tree for your Christmas holiday season should be a very fun, exciting outing for you and your family. So how do you decide between a real tree and an artificial xmas tree? Educating yourself on the pros and cons of each type of tree should help you make an informed decision before you buy your holiday tree this year.
Many people love the experience of going to a tree farm and looking through all of the live Christmas trees that they can choose from. On a tree farm, you may find the perfect size tree for your home, and then be able to cut it down yourself and take it home with you. Tree farms will also have a wide variety of trees for you to choose from. Between Noble Fir, Grand Fir, Fraser Fir, Douglas Fir, Balsam Fir, Leland Cypress, Eastern Red Cedar, Deodara Cedar, Colorado Pine, Nordmann Fir, Afghan Pine, Austrian Pine, Red Pine, Blue, or Norway Spruce, and many more varieties that are common in the United States, you are sure to find a beautiful tree to grace your holiday home. Each variety of live tree comes with it’s own characteristics in the form of color, shape, scent, and proper care that it will require. The needles on each tree will vary in length, and fullness and longevity once the tree is cut down and placed in the home.
Many tree farms are now offering trees with the root ball wrapped in burlap or other protective wrapping so that you can replant your special tree onto your property once the holiday season is over. This not only lets you enjoy your tree for years and years to come, but is better for the environment, and in the end more cost effective. You may pay more for your tree if it is transplantable, but it will not be money wasted on a tree that you have to discard after several weeks.
If artificial trees are of interest to you, there are also many varieties, sizes, and colors to choose from. Are you looking for a very traditional Christmas tree like a Colorado Pine, or a Fir or Fraser tree? There are many sizes of traditional trees to choose from, anywhere from a smaller 5 foot tree that would be perfect for an apartment, to a giant 14 foot tree that would be outstanding in a home with a vaulted ceiling and beautiful show windows. You can also choose to have your tree prelit with strings of beautifully colored lights, in any color you might choose. Traditional white, or red tree lights, or a rainbow of lights can be worked into the wiring of your artificial Christmas trees.
Are you are going for a very non traditional look when it comes to your Christmas tree this year? Black and red artificial Christmas trees are also becoming very popular. These artificial trees are very non traditional but can be very beautiful when properly dressed and placed in a home.
Live, or artificial, traditional or trendy, you have many options available for you and your family this year when you are ready to purchase your Christmas tree. |