Cheap and Fantastic Fake Trees
So I grew up with a mother TERRIFIED of live Christmas trees catching on fire. E grew up with a mother who liked a perfect house.
This year, for our first Christmas in the house, we decided we were getting a REAL tree. And we could go to the lot and pick it out, and strap it to the car, and recycle it...and then we started talking about other things.
Like the pine drip. And the watering. And the threat of fire (and thank you, we've had more than enough fire this year). And the fact that I don't want any food on the tree to attract bugs/vermin. And the mess. And the needles. And the hassle. Sooooooooo, suddenly a fake tree seemed MUCH more attractive.
As is my wont, I started doing the research. Amazon had some trees. Home Depot, Kmart, Walmart, Target. Costco was suggested as being great deals, but, wow, um, kinda sparse. However, the tree that looked the best in the pictures, that was the most affordable was TRASHED on amazon, people FREAKING out about how terrible it looked and how it refused to fluff. I made the mistake of looking at the Hammacher Schlemmer "perfect" trees. And oh lord, they ARE perfect. In my search for finding a load of them that fell off a truck, I stumbled upon Frontgate and Balsam Hill, both companies also make these gorgeous full hand-painted trees.
Anyway, way too many details later, balsamhill.com is having a HUGE sale this week. They have $500 trees for $240 and so on, most importantly, this week, the shipping is FREE. So I wanted to share this with you. If you are looking for a fake tree, take advantage, because you know everyone's prices will go through the roof after next week.
This year, for our first Christmas in the house, we decided we were getting a REAL tree. And we could go to the lot and pick it out, and strap it to the car, and recycle it...and then we started talking about other things.
Like the pine drip. And the watering. And the threat of fire (and thank you, we've had more than enough fire this year). And the fact that I don't want any food on the tree to attract bugs/vermin. And the mess. And the needles. And the hassle. Sooooooooo, suddenly a fake tree seemed MUCH more attractive.
As is my wont, I started doing the research. Amazon had some trees. Home Depot, Kmart, Walmart, Target. Costco was suggested as being great deals, but, wow, um, kinda sparse. However, the tree that looked the best in the pictures, that was the most affordable was TRASHED on amazon, people FREAKING out about how terrible it looked and how it refused to fluff. I made the mistake of looking at the Hammacher Schlemmer "perfect" trees. And oh lord, they ARE perfect. In my search for finding a load of them that fell off a truck, I stumbled upon Frontgate and Balsam Hill, both companies also make these gorgeous full hand-painted trees.
Anyway, way too many details later, balsamhill.com is having a HUGE sale this week. They have $500 trees for $240 and so on, most importantly, this week, the shipping is FREE. So I wanted to share this with you. If you are looking for a fake tree, take advantage, because you know everyone's prices will go through the roof after next week.