According to a recent survey by B&Q*, a remarkable 55% of British shoppers would select a real Christmas tree in preference to a fake one.
64% of people choosing real trees, do it because of its more traditional appearance.
Aroma plays its part too, as 70% of those plolled said they prefer real trees since they enjoy waking to the aroma of real pine on Christmas morning.
Other reasons for having a real tree included:
21% said that it is more pleasant for the children.
20% Â that real trees can be personalized to order.
Whereas 16% thought it was more environmentally friendly.
Last Christmas B&Q sold more than 300,000 real trees over the festive season, – 25% less than artificial tree sales.
Brits have already bought twice as many Grow Your Own trees compared with last year. Priced from £6.98.
B&Q offers an extensive variety of real trees:
From only £7.98 for a little Norway Spruce, to £44.98 for the large Nordman Fir, the non drop kind.
The choice consists of six varieties of real trees including, Serbian Spruce Blue Spruce, or Dwarf Alberta Spruce in various sizes.
B&Q supports home-grown products too, as most of their trees are sourced from the Green Team Plantation near Aberdeen.
Nevertheless, a large number of people still favour artificial trees and there is no doubt they look much more realistic each year.
71% of people polled, who chose artificial trees, said they were more convenient in general, while 54% stated it is because they can reuse them in years to come.
Other reasons offered were – the decorations hang better on it 21%, not enough room for a real tree 19%.
For further information about B&Q’s huge range of Christmas decorations, visit the website.
* Survey of 2,000 people.