Should I buy a 'real' Christmas tree or stick with artificial?

Hasbeen

We put 3 artificial trees up in each of main rooms.

But until recently always did the B&Q /  Homebase run to pick up one of the large free real ones, they put outside for anyone to take on Christmas eve.

That went outside placed in large wooden tree trunk holder, with outside lights on.

Looked good on Christmas day! 

Moneysaving. 

twopenny

I bought a pyramid Bay tree for my Christmas Tree.

It is outside but I wanted a Bay and it's Christmas. Saves me getting all the decs down out of the attic and back up again.

I might tie pretend flowers on it in Spring.

Multipurpose.

Farway

twopenny said:

I bought a pyramid Bay tree for my Christmas Tree.

It is outside but I wanted a Bay and it's Christmas. Saves me getting all the decs down out of the attic and back up again.

I might tie pretend flowers on it in Spring.

Multipurpose.

Bays do have flowers, small white ones, which set seed & self sow if allowed to, so presumably insects love them or they wouldn't be pollinated

Davesnave

Farway said:

twopenny said:

I bought a pyramid Bay tree for my Christmas Tree.

It is outside but I wanted a Bay and it's Christmas. Saves me getting all the decs down out of the attic and back up again.

I might tie pretend flowers on it in Spring.

Multipurpose.

Bays do have flowers, small white ones, which set seed & self sow if allowed to, so presumably insects love them or they wouldn't be pollinated

And our blackbirds grow fat on the seeds at this time of year.

goldfinches

I'm voting in favour of the bay tree because if you ever need to trim it back you can dry the leaves and then use them to flavour dishes. For the same reason if there is a small slow growing spruce you might think about having one in a pot and make spruce beer with any trimmings.
I reckon that counts as very green because you're bringing it in every year and then consuming any trimmings plus annual growth sequesters carbon and if you got some kind of eco container for it and didn't use peat based compost to fill that you'd be doing even better. If you collected and dried seed heads from your garden to use as decorations you'd be on to a winner.