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This message was self-deleted by its author [View all] darkangel218 Nov 2012 OP

Yes. When I get them, I get them in pots LadyHawkAZ Nov 2012 #1

Yes. AngryOldDem Nov 2012 #2

No. Denninmi Nov 2012 #3

No. They are grown as an agricultural crop just for that purpose. Arkansas Granny Nov 2012 #4

!!! MiddleFingerMom Nov 2012 #5

True, but... Wait Wut Nov 2012 #11

You could do what I did as a teen. Chan790 Nov 2012 #14

I like that idea! Wait Wut Nov 2012 #74

Nope. Most of them are grown as a renewable resource. Up where I live, you can cut your own in a Brickbat Nov 2012 #6

Yes TuxedoKat Nov 2012 #7

I get almost pipi_k Nov 2012 #8

+1 darkangel218 Nov 2012 #13

Hell Yes...When I cut and kill a tree, I do so out of sadistic glee. Ken Burch Nov 2012 #9

As a horticulturist kurtzapril4 Nov 2012 #10

Most " agricultural crop " we eat. darkangel218 Nov 2012 #12

Most corn and soybeans in this country isn't produced for human consumption. n/t geardaddy Nov 2012 #22

Yes, but theyre not used for " decoration and fragrance " either. nt darkangel218 Nov 2012 #29

That's true. n/t geardaddy Nov 2012 #31

All plants have life. kurtzapril4 Nov 2012 #34

Most xmas trees end up in copped up in dumpsters. darkangel218 Nov 2012 #36

Actually, the majority of them are recycled in some way. Brickbat Nov 2012 #40

I don't know if they still do it, but Art_from_Ark Nov 2012 #62

Does that also include Bohunk68 Nov 2012 #66

Housing isn't solely for decoration. n/t JoeyT Nov 2012 #67

you can bring a horticulture datasuspect Nov 2012 #41

I understand your concern for the trees, since I'm a bit of a fanatic with trees, too. Baitball Blogger Nov 2012 #15

I just dont think we should grow and kill life just for amusement darkangel218 Nov 2012 #16

I fully respect your position. Baitball Blogger Nov 2012 #38

I'm not much of a fan of it either. JoeyT Nov 2012 #17

Thats the thing, most people dont even bother to take them to recycling places darkangel218 Nov 2012 #32

I live among trees NV Whino Nov 2012 #18

+1 darkangel218 Nov 2012 #27

You're all a bunch of tree-huggers! Bake Nov 2012 #19

Nope, not one tiny bit. MicaelS Nov 2012 #20

OK. Here's a question for those who use plastic trees to save the real ones. Arkansas Granny Nov 2012 #21

That was my pipi_k Nov 2012 #50

The Tree at Rockefeller Center ... Myrina Nov 2012 #23

Sick, ain't it? GoCubsGo Nov 2012 #64

Fake can't replicate the fragrance. Denninmi Nov 2012 #24

Natural fragrance for less than a month doesnt justfy killing a tree. darkangel218 Nov 2012 #25

I think we'll have to agree to disagree, then Denninmi Nov 2012 #43

Yups, lol darkangel218 Nov 2012 #44

Decent, cool but sunny. Denninmi Nov 2012 #51

They are farmed for the purpose TrueBlueinCO Nov 2012 #26

How about plant them and leave them alone? darkangel218 Nov 2012 #28

You are welcome to do just that TrueBlueinCO Nov 2012 #30

Sure, theyre making a profit, so that makes it a-okay. darkangel218 Nov 2012 #33

making a profit certainly doesn't make it wrong TrueBlueinCO Nov 2012 #47

I respect your opinion but i wont change mine either. darkangel218 Nov 2012 #48

Good point. In most cases the soil and climate where these trees are grown The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2012 #49

+1 for the cats... Fearless Nov 2012 #53

Cats know best! darkangel218 Nov 2012 #55

Doesn't bother me. It's a crop. Trees are chopped down and replanted. Arugula Latte Nov 2012 #59

Why? I believe a young tree growing quickly fixes more CO2 than a mature stable tree. eom yawnmaster Nov 2012 #57

When I was a teenager OriginalGeek Nov 2012 #35

Hehehe! +1 darkangel218 Nov 2012 #37

I prune my evergreens in December. Tanuki Nov 2012 #39

Nope hibbing Nov 2012 #42

Yes. Several reasons. Manifestor_of_Light Nov 2012 #45

yes, I get them in pots but they still die Liberal_in_LA Nov 2012 #46

Nope. Fearless Nov 2012 #52

We have an artificial tree. Once it is all applegrove Nov 2012 #54

Yes. Moondog Nov 2012 #56

I have absolutely no problem with it. For a time, the outdoors are brought indoors... yawnmaster Nov 2012 #58

I prefer plastic just for the sake of convenience, Codeine Nov 2012 #60

Im sorry it that word offended you. nt darkangel218 Nov 2012 #69

I don't like it at all, but at least they're treated as a renewable resource Flaxbee Nov 2012 #61

Not at all. I'd have to be against paper, wood products, and development too. Besides nolabear Nov 2012 #63

Never got tree for Christmas hankthecrank Nov 2012 #65

A Plastic tree which is filled with all sorts of toxins that take thousands of years to break down?? madinmaryland Nov 2012 #68

The real trees are grown specially to be cut down for Christmas. New ones are planted. Artificial Honeycombe8 Nov 2012 #70

Yes, it's a sick and wasteful tradition, as well as a fire hazard we can do it Nov 2012 #71

KILL a tree for Christ! - My husband's slogan for this time of year. csziggy Nov 2012 #72

Not every sapling grows into a forest giant XemaSab Nov 2012 #73

Sad world without decoration Spike89 Nov 2012 #75