This year I plan to buy a tree from the local Scouts and Beavers. We have a big 7 1/2 foot tree in the basement but I do not feel like putting it together this year. It's a big job and usually my husband does that part and then I decorate it, but he is way up North and does not come home until December 21st. Any thoughts on this (i.e. real vs. fake)? I know - calling it fake sounds like I favour the real ones but actually I do enjoy the fresh smell of a real tree plus I think they just collect them after Christmas and the city puts them through a wood chipper. Not sure where they use these wood chips, but at least the trees don't decompose in a landfill site