If you celebrate Christmas, getting a tree each year comes with a host of vexing questions. Balsam or Fir? Ceiling height or adorable mini-tree? Perhaps the most important is whether to keep lugging home a real piece of nature or investing in a re-usable fake tree.

Senior staff writer Tim Heffernan has been testing and researching artificial trees for years, and breaks down the pros and cons of going real or fake.

Read more about our picks for artificial christmas trees: https://nyti.ms/344bfPR


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