Sonia John, 23, said she uses a fake tree but is keen to get a real pine tree. “We have always used an artificial tree for Christmas because we do not know how or where to buy real pine trees ...

The blower shoots the Styrofoam up through a PVC pipe, which also serves as the trunk of the fake tree, and it erupts from the top bringing Christmas cheer to an otherwise quiet room. See for ...

When you buy a real Christmas tree, you don't need to worry ... Then there's transportation on top, so where a fake tree is manufactured will heavily impact its carbon footprint.

By the 1960s, the use of synthetics finally gave us the perfect fake fir ... put up the tree. It has taken just one day for this artificial tree to come together, where growing a real one this ...

The "prime time" to snag a real Christmas tree ... the risk is just as high — if not higher — for fake trees, too! "Your artificial tree is more dangerous to catch fire from electrical ...

After Poland was made to adhere to the socialist doctrine in the late 1940s, the holier side of Christmas took a step back. The design historian Agata Szydłowska explores how holiday cards and ...