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and Rick you will need to speak to it each morning and it must be over 6ft :-))))))))) Jan xx and make sure there are tons of hanging chocolates on it lol

Thanks for the replies so far folks. LOL @ Jim & Kel :-)))) So if we get a decent tree in the next week then it should last til 12th night OK so long as we keep it topped up with water and away from the radiators - is that what most think ?? Rick.

Kelvin With knobs on!

Durexpect me to belive that? Kel

Snap Rick, doesn't seem like Christmas without a real tree. Gonna go searching for a proper one this year and leave the plastic one up in the attic. Hopefully the proper one won't stink the house out with the smell of chicken manure, like the last time we bought a real one, lol.

Well it is a Rubber tree, and when we were going round the flat naming the plants my son decided he had obviously to be called Johnny. Teenagers!!!!

Surely Granpa Jim you can't expect us to believe youv'e got a rubber johnny tree!

I used to decorate my Dragon Tree, but it has now outgrown itself and been reduced to cuttings. So this year it is Johnny's turn. Johnny is my Rubber Tree, bought 5 years ago as a cutting from the local Church Christmas Bazaar. Now he's over 6' tall and ready to do his duty as a decorated tree.

Bought a Douglas Fir last year. Get one with tap root still on and plant it in the garden after Xmas lovely.

Sorry Rick been at the red wine and in jovial mood. Years ago when I were a lad, mi dad used to keep a real tree in the back yard in a bucket and he would dig it out each year and bring it indoors. Because it kept all its roots and didn't die like the chopped off variety it, didn't loose all it's needles. Unfortunately it was a metal bucket it was kept in so eventually it rusted and it took root and couldn't be dug out so was left where it was. Kel

Hi Rick, as I seem to remember you're in Bristol, how about getting it from Longleat forest like we do? We make a bit of a day of it, the smell up there is gorgeous and you can also get logs as well. There is a direct phone number for the Longleat Forestry. We get ours the first Saturday in December, and it's always fine right the way through to 12th night. We have one of those pots from Woolworths that you wedge the tree into and keep it topped up with water. Mandy :)

I have found, buying a normal, traditional tree good, but when you get it home, saw 2 inches off the bottom of the trunk, then saw a cross into the bottom (like doing brussell sprouts) and make sure the thing is kept in water, NEVER let it dry out. ours seem to last for ages like that, Don't keep it near a radiator!! Sue

Got one of them Kel !! Trying a real one for a change this year.

I've seen a few farms around here selling real trees now. I'm not sure about types though. Try: http://www.christmastreeland.*co.uk/

Yep try a real imitation one! Lol Kel

Any advice on how early we can get a real Xmas tree and which type will keep its needles and last longest ?? Rick & Jan.xx