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Whether a Christmas tree is real or not should not be the focus. Christmas trees real or artificial looks just as good when it's decorated with the beautiful ornaments and lights. I am one of those who REALLY fancy Christmas. For me it's about the decks of hollies, food, ornaments, spiced apples, eggnog, and an enormous Christmas tree decorated in all its glitter and with the spirit of the holiday emanating from it.

During my formative years in my birth land, my dad would always import for us a real pine Christmas tree. By the time it got to South America most of the needles would have fallen off. However we always managed to decorate it which was the best part of Christmas Eve. When the lights were turned off I watched as the multicolored fairy lights danced on the walls as each decorative ornament glimmer and reflected in their shadow.

There is more to Christmas than fretting over whether to get a real tree or an artificial one. In my opinion, I prefer an artificial one. The cleaning up process for the real tree is the worst it shed all around the house and disregarding it once the season is over is another stressful factor not to mention always having to water it to maintain the life of the tree. I like to keep things in my life simple but beautiful and I rather expend my energies on something else than thinking about what size tree to get, what type, transporting it home, cleaning up after shedding and continuously taking care of it. In addition, it's an additional expense of farming Christmas trees and expending additional funds to harvest and process them. It's really not something, which we need basically it's a want therefore; we have to evaluate the worth of our own want versus the benefits to our environment.

I choose to stay with the artificial tree given its reusable and convenience with no hassles. With the constant innovations to better the life of a product and to prevent hurting the environment, they are making better artificial trees that are environmentally friendly. Despite the fact there are special farms that grow Christmas trees it's not necessary for us to be continuously cutting down trees to satisfy our own fancy.

Furthermore, our climate is presently changing around the world as a result of pollution and other harmful chemicals in the atmosphere. Trees clean the air and are beneficial for all living organisms, and why we are able to breathe the clean air we breathe instead of the poison, which trees absorb for us. Why then we would not grow more instead of cutting them down? Instead of cutting down trees once a year for Christmas, we should make it a tradition for everyone to grow an additional tree at Christmas.

At the end of the day as I settle into my sofa with a hot cup of tea and watch the Christmas tree in all its magnificence I am not looking whether its real or not but looking at the beauty of the dazzling ornaments reflecting like bright jewels off of each other as gold garlands cascade down. The tree looks magnificent as it stands majestic and beautiful in all its glory.

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