We always get a live tree. I enjoy picking it out. I can look out my back windows and see a Christmas tree farm so every year I go to the guy who owns it, give him $20, and I can go pick out any tree I want from the farm (about 15 acres of trees). I like the smeel of it, it just adds to the Holiday feel. I do not care for the decorating part of it, I get it set in place, and my wife does all of that and I always looks great. My family always has a big gathering at our camp a few days before Christmas, we get a live tree for there as well and it is always decorated with painted pine cones, cranberries, and popcorn and everyone has to help decorate it. I for one like the holidays for the most part. I dont like how comercialized they have become but I do not mind some shopping or a few hours at a mall or two. This is the first year in five that I have not had to work on Christmas at all and I am looking forward to it. Looks like most of ya will be getting a lump of coal. :lol: