Prelit Christmas Tree
Written by chief on December 14th, 2006 in General, Products and Shopping, Travel and Culture.
In the old days, a fake Christmas tree did a good job in living up to its name. There were thousands of them, but not a single Prelit Artificial Christmas Tree looked the part at all, and that is no joke. I do not know if plastic technology has gone a bit farther since that point, or if they have just gotten better at designing lifelike Prelit Christmas Trees, but whatever the reason, there is almost no comparison between the old ones and the new ones. A new Prelit Christmas Tree actually looks like a real tree in this day and age, and seeing is believing. With all that is going for it, it only makes sense to leave the real Christmas trees in the tree farm and get a nice Prelit Christmas Tree that will last you for years and years to come.
Of course, there are some drawbacks to a Prelit Christmas Tree. In the first place, they can cost a pretty penny – 2 or even 3 times as much as a real tree. But think about how fast that difference gets paid for. In two or three years, you will be ahead and not behind, since you will not have to drive out to get a tree, will not have to buy one or haul it inside. Not only will you save money with a Prelit Christmas Tree, but you will save time too, which is even more important around that time of year. If you get a nice Prelit Christmas Tree, you only have to find a place to store it and the rest takes care of itself. The tree even has built in Christmas lights, for Gods sake!
Of course, when you switch to a Prelit Christmas Tree, there are some things that you will probably miss. The Prelit Christmas Tree does no have that wonderful smell of a fresh cut pine, and that is a smell that we have all grown to associate with the Christmas season. And another thing that is nice about the real trees is that you get a different one each year. And, lets face it, although they look better than every before, a Prelit Christmas Tree does simply not look quite as good as a real one. But with all that aside, I still think that the Prelit Christmas Tree is the smarter buy. Unless you are a purist, go for it.