Choosing an artificial Christmas tree has many benefits ,not the least of which is you buy it once and it is good for many years. Over the long run, that will save you’re a great deal of money unless you are willing to wait until Christmas eve and choose a Charlie Brown tree.
No sooner have the school supplies departed and the Halloween candy been given out, then suddenly overnight, the Christmas decorations are on the shelves and it is time to start thinking about what kind of tree to put up.
If you are one of the believers in only a real tree will do then you have to wait until about December 10th to even think about getting a tree. If you pick your own you can go out earlier and tag a tree but we all know that tags are removable and if someone sees your tree and likes it, you may never find that oh so perfect specimen again.
If however, you had the forethought to purchase an artificial tree last year, your perfect tree will be stored away in your attic or basement where no tree snatchers will be able to steal it. That is certainly a very big benefit.
Have you ever found the perfect live tree and gotten it home and in its stand and found that in the bright light of your home it isn’t quite as perfect as it looked in the lot? It has happened to everyone at one time or another and is probably one of the main reasons that people decide that perhaps it is time for an artificial tree.
Once you get your live tree home and in its stand ,you will need to get out your strings of lights and start winding them around the tree. If however you have a pre-lit artificial tree all you need to do is to take it out of the box or from underneath its cover and shake out the branches. Then you plug it in and voila, your tree is lit and the lights are perfectly spaced and beautiful and tour tree is ready to decorate.
Well maybe not, if you left it decorated and just used a tree cover when you put it away last year then all you have to do is stand back and admire it. That is a major time saver and a very big benefit.
You are not going to have to crawl around underneath your tree and put water in the stand and make sure that the branches don’t get dry and cause a fire hazard. You can,however, spray a little pine scent or use a reed diffuser or a scented oil burner if you are afraid that you will miss that real tree smell.
The first of January rolls around and it’s time to think about putting the Christmas decorations away. Get out your tree cover and put your tree away or remove the decorations and place it back in the box and store it. Check the floor under the tree, check the tree skirt, check the last of the presents still under the tree, nope not a pine needle in sight. You won’t be finding them for months in the cracks of your hardwood floor or embedded in your carpeting. It’s a quick and easy clean up.
The benefits of an artificial Christmas tree are many and you will appreciate them for many years to come.
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