The First Lady Receives the 2013 White House Christmas Tree

[Playinghardball]

Why doesn't the federal government invest in a artificial tree like the rest of us have?

http://theobamadiary.com/

[TBF]

1. I think at this point it is tradition -

I grew up in Wisconsin where Christmas trees are big business

Here are some interesting tidbits -- http://urbanext.illinois.edu/trees/facts.cfm

[postulater]

2. It's easier to recycle than a fake one.

[LoveIsNow]

3. Tree farming takes carbon out of the atmosphere

Manufacturing artificial trees adds it.

[Triana]

4. Loving Sasha's shoes! n/t

[JDPriestly]

5. A real Christmas tree smells good and goes back into the earth.

The problem isn't the tree. It's the oil and gas and plastic, etc. necessary to get your tree from the tree farm to your house. The tree decomposes (creating gases, I grant you) but goes back into the earth eventually. "From dust to dust" goes for trees as well as for humans.

[Iwillnevergiveup]

6. Do the Obamas

now have 2 dogs? Did I miss something?