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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.<\/p>\nAccording 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.<\/p>\n
64% of people choosing real trees<\/strong>, do it because of its more traditional appearance.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n Other reasons for having a real tree included:<\/strong><\/p>\n 21% said that it is more pleasant for the children.<\/p>\n 20% \u00c2\u00a0 that real trees can be personalized to order.<\/p>\n Whereas 16% thought it was more environmentally friendly.<\/p>\n Last Christmas B&Q sold more than 300,000 real trees<\/strong> over the festive season, – 25% less than artificial tree sales.<\/p>\n Brits have already bought twice as many Grow Your Own trees compared with last year. Priced from \u00c2\u00a36.98.<\/p>\n B&Q offers an extensive variety of real trees:<\/strong><\/p>\n From only \u00c2\u00a37.98 for a little Norway Spruce, to \u00c2\u00a344.98 for the large Nordman Fir, the non drop kind.<\/p>\n The choice consists of six varieties of real trees including, Serbian Spruce Blue Spruce, or Dwarf Alberta Spruce in various sizes.<\/p>\n B&Q supports home-grown products too, as most of their trees are sourced from the Green Team Plantation near Aberdeen.<\/p>\n Nevertheless, a large number of people still favour artificial trees and there is no doubt they look much more realistic each year.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n Other reasons offered were – the decorations hang better on it 21%, not enough room for a real tree 19%.<\/p>\n For further information about B&Q\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s huge range of Christmas decorations, <\/a>visit the website.<\/p>\n * Survey of 2,000 people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 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% \u00c2\u00a0 that real trees can be personalized to order. Whereas 16% thought it was … Continue reading