Real or fake?

We're never home at Christmas, either, so we don't get a tree but I always buy a wreath to hang up inside so our house smells good.

We haven't had room for a real tree for several years. We hung ornaments on the ficus one year, and last year Mr. Jaq brought home a scraggley little tree in a pot which did not survive the affection of the cats. This year, I want one of the 18" tall rosemary "trees" our local hardware stores are carrying. And we'll put a real wreath on the door and drape some greenery down the banisters maybe.

Most of our ornaments are brightly colored plastic bugs, sea creatures and banana slugs from Archie McPhee. In the past, the angel was an inflatable penguin with strap-on wings.

It'd be cooler if you used a penguin with a strap-on.

Fake.

Our real ones were great for a few years when I was younger and my big brother used to work for the Forestry Commission. We had a teensy wee real one a couple of years back that was a present from my boss, but it died really quickly when we planted it out our back garden :-/ I usually have a couple of real poinsettas though.

Once, when my parents were between houses, they put fairy lights and tinsel on my dad's biggest golf trophy. Weirdos.

She fell off the tree when we tried it, MsMis.