Real or fake?
Published Saturday, December 1, 2007
I caught the first sight of the city tree from Canal Street last night coming home from work.
I was lucky enough to be here when the city still put up a live tree in the intersection of Commerce and Main streets.
After three years of a perfect tree that looks the same year in year out, I think I like the real trees better. After all, what is there to say about this tree.
I like all that talk about whether this tree was better than last year's or about that blank place in one side of the tree. And I really like watching them put it up each year. If anything it was a conversation piece — it was something to talk about.
There is nothing to say about the tree that stands in the middle of Main Street now.
Comments
Well, Ben, I am sure that Tree Huggers appreciate the city using an artificial tree. For those of us who like symmetry, it has a near perfect shape.
Now, for those of us who grew up in the country and/or are old fogeys, there is nothing like a Christmas tree from the woods. It was a family event to harvest the tree. Since it went in the corner of the room or at least up against a wall, perfect symmetry did not matter. But of course, we searched for the perfect tree to harvest.
Real? Artificial? It’s a personal choice and the beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
I have NEVER had an artificial tree...I know they are more convenient, enviromentally friendly, etc. but for me personally, Christmas would not be Christmas without the real thing. I remember the "good ole days" when there would be much discussion about who donated the downtown tree, its history and where it came from. Not now. Unload it from a box and there it is. Ba Humbug!
Oh good heavens, what difference does it make?
I swear some people REALLY need a life.
There are many, many more things wrong in this town for us to focus on other than if the downtown Christmas tree is REAL or FAKE.
Seriously.
No offense ya'll but come on.
I agree a real tree would be nice, but the switch was due to the fact that finding a real tree big enough and fresh enough became a real issue. Then getting it put up became both a financial and insurance issue. Entergy use to place the real trees as a courtesy to the city, but after someone complained about the intersection being blocked and a traffic hazard Entergy decided to support the city in other ways.
By the way...who says the tree is owned by the City? Downtown Development spear-headed the annual lighting of the tree and organized the fund-raising to purchase the current tree after two real trees died which were planted on the bluff to become "permenant" real Christmas trees for the city.
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