{"id":354441,"date":"2024-12-13T08:15:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-13T13:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/knightlife.paceacademy.org\/knightlynews\/?p=354441"},"modified":"2024-12-09T13:30:17","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T18:30:17","slug":"real-tree-vs-fake-tree-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/knightlife.paceacademy.org\/knightlynews\/2024\/12\/13\/real-tree-vs-fake-tree-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Real Tree vs. Fake Tree"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Christmas is coming up, which means trees will soon start being jammed into people\u2019s doorways. For some, the idea of a Christmas tree is not as anxiety-provoking because they have fake trees rather than real ones. After careful research, I\u2019m here to tell you why a fake Christmas tree is much better than a real one. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

First, fake trees are much cheaper than real ones in the long run. An artificial tree can cost anywhere from $65 to $1,600 depending on where it is bought. A real tree costs between  $25 and $2,500 for one year. While a fake Christmas tree can be more expensive than a real one, over time it can actually be cheaper. A fake tree lasts over six years while a real tree barely makes it to Christmas most years. Over the years a real tree will cost over $100 more than a fake tree. The overbearing price of a real tree doesn\u2019t even include the stand or the lights that will blow out in a year. An artificial tree comes with built-in lights of your color and doesn\u2019t require a bulky stand clearly making it the better choice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next, a fake tree is much cleaner than a real one. Hauling a real tree into your house and hanging all the ornaments is great until the next half hour has to be spent cleaning up all the sprigs and pine needles from the floor and carpet. All the pine needles are identical to those of a real tree except they don\u2019t cover your floor with one gentle shake. Setting up an artificial tree is simpler and less time-consuming than a real one. All you have to do for a fake tree is grab it from storage, pull it out of the bag, and unfold it, taking a maximum time of 30 minutes. With a real tree, you have to trek to a tree farm, hurl one on top of your car, and probably scratch the sunroof in the process. You then have to try to get the heavy tree through a door andupright in a room. Getting a real tree is not always a fun process which can take all day, especially for the people doing the work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are plenty of reasons that a fake tree is easier, more efficient, and overall better than a real one. A fake tree is built to be perfect for your holidays and won\u2019t have any imperfections. For all that is gained by getting a fake tree, the only benefit of a real tree is the tree smell that a candle can easily cover. Splurging on a fake tree will be much better in the long run for your Christmas spirit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A real Christmas tree. Photo: Anne Weiss<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Christmas is coming up, which means trees will soon start being jammed into people\u2019s doorways. For some, the idea of a Christmas tree is not as anxiety-provoking because they have fake trees rather than real ones. After careful research, I\u2019m here to tell you why a fake Christmas tree isContinue Reading<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":507,"featured_media":354543,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["entry","author-stiles-pilcher27paceacademy-org","post-354441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-whatsyourtake"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/knightlife.paceacademy.org\/knightlynews\/files\/2024\/11\/x-1.jpg?fit=1080%2C1440&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1TYqQ-1ucN","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/knightlife.paceacademy.org\/knightlynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/knightlife.paceacademy.org\/knightlynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/knightlife.paceacademy.org\/knightlynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knightlife.paceacademy.org\/knightlynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/507"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knightlife.paceacademy.org\/knightlynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=354441"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/knightlife.paceacademy.org\/knightlynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354441\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":354545,"href":"https:\/\/knightlife.paceacademy.org\/knightlynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354441\/revisions\/354545"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knightlife.paceacademy.org\/knightlynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/354543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/knightlife.paceacademy.org\/knightlynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=354441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knightlife.paceacademy.org\/knightlynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=354441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knightlife.paceacademy.org\/knightlynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=354441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}