With Christmas almost here, I figured I'd write about something that has been on my mind over the past few weeks: the debate over real or fake Christmas trees. Being a girl who has always hated fake Christmas trees, I felt the need to share how amazing real trees are and why everyone needs one this Christmas!

They were used when Christmas first began! Why change Christmas traditions?!

It's not like they had fake trees back when people starting having Christmas trees in their homes! We need to keep the tradition going!

The "Christmas Tree" Smell

Yeah, they have those inserts for your fake trees that are supposed to make it smell like the real thing, but it isn't the same

The joy of picking out "the perfect tree"

To this day, going out on a cool December evening to find the fullest, most beautiful tree is one of the best parts of Christmas!

The lovely pine needles!

Okay, fake trees have terrible looking pine needles! Nothing compares to the real thing!

Enjoying nature's imperfections

Nothing is perfect, and no Christmas tree is meant to be perfect. Finding the tree's "bald spots" and making them work with your decorations is part of the fun, and a fake tree doesn't give you that.

I know a lot of people think that fake trees are better because they're less expensive than buying a tree every year and that you're not "throwing Christmas" out of the crib after the holiday, but the tree is the centerpiece to the holiday, so you need to do it right!