Christmas is almost here and I’m still pondering whether to buy a real pine tree like I always do or to switch to an artificial one. There are artificial trees which look very realistic, so this could be a good option to save a few real trees. This is an artificial Christmas tree which I quite like, so I might buy it soon. I like its realistic look and the fact that it comes with 700 lights. The removable pine cones will be an awesome toy for all children in our family, that’s for sure.

What do you think? Are artificial trees the solution to keep our planet green?

If you don’t know, please find out that there are some narrow-based artificial Christmas trees that can fit in very tight spaces. They are known as pencil trees and can be found in almost all artificial Christmas trees stores across the internet or offline. To give you only one example, a 7.5 foot tall tree can have a base as narrow as 34 inch only, which is fabulous, if we think that a real pine tree of the same height will have the lower branches spreading within an area of almost 100 inch diameter.

Pencil trees can be bought in various finishes, and there’s a very nice one that’s called the Mesabi flocked tree, which is usually available with multi color lights. Another unusual but cool option is the pencil white artificial tree, which is suitable for those of you who like the tree ornaments to stand out and get noticed by everybody.