6-7" pre-cut Fraser fir $90 at Lowe's in Mississippi

$35 here here in Hodgen at the game tagging station/store

Fake trees are not Christmas trees. That's like saying that fake fur is the same as real fur.
Fake trees are not a part of this conversation.

I cut mine on either our land or USFS. Years past I would once and a while poach one; glad to have that off my conscience.

My wife and I have been married for just short of 50 years. The only major fights we ever had were over picking out Christmas trees. About 40 years ago we went artificial and have had wedded bliss ever since.

Christmas tree arguments are part of the human experience; essential.