Ricky Spanish
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Can't wait til somebody tells you about Santa Claus.......
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Christmas disappointment ....
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phillip9698
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Hmm, as someone who grew up cutting down real trees with my dad every year I always had real trees engrained in me as a must have for Christmas. It wasn't until I met my wife, who is allergic to those trees, that I even thought having a fake one would suffice. I will say I always thought the Christmas trees in Disney World were real as I've never been while the Christmas decorations were up. I would have been disappointed to see they were fake but I guess it would be too expensive to ship fully grown trees in every year for Christmas and then to decorate them in a way to reliably stand up to that weather would be another pain. So I see why they are fake now.
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
Its actually behind Magic Kingdom
Right...there...
I could swore they had it over by grand cypress...but what do I know?
I was at the grand Florida only once when they took off the skylight to lower the tree in
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
...yeah...Disney kind has these “things” that require them to cut every corner possible to save money while still generating it...
And it’s working because even though you’re making an unreasonable request...you’ll be back next week/month/year...
So that’s kinda it.
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
Foul...two shots.
Asking questions about things or stating desires is not trolling. It may be silly at times...but not the same things.
Attacking everyone who questions anything about Iger fun factory is trolling...its “posi-trolling” and it leads to financial ruin.
Just a PSA
DisneyGigi
Well-Known Member
Wait, what are you saying??? Next thing you are gonna tell me is Mickey isn’t real.
Seriously speaking, we always used to get trees dug up, in a dirt clump, we live where it gets cold, NC- they still died.
We use fake trees now. Christmas is not about real trees, or fake trees- it is about what is in your heart. It is about giving, and family and for me Jesus.It definitely doesn’t have to do with trees though. Just saying. The reason you put up trees yes, not what they are made of.
Smiley/OCD
Well-Known Member
As others have said, real trees won't grow in that part of Florida and secondly (and probably most importantly), people on here are complaining about straws on these boards and what a waste it is and you want to cut down hundreds of live trees every year just so you can see live trees at the MK? Quick, someone over at Epcot, grab the machine at the old Soarin' that used to pump the Pine scent into the ride and hook it up in the MK for this guy...we can put it to good use...
Goofyernmost
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Not to be critical, but, there was a time when you had no choice but to use a real tree. No one made fake ones. Or at least no one made fake, affordable ones. They were messy, and dangerous. Many a fire started when you combined a dead tree with (early on candles, before my time) or hot light bulbs. Admittedly, that hot bulbs brought out the sap from the trees and gave the tree that smell all of us oldies remember. There are other things we remember to like pine needles everywhere. It took until April to clean them up. You had to basically kill a healthy tree in order to decorate it for two weeks and then throw it out. They had huge spaces between branches that you tried to fill in with tinsel. That never worked. Fake trees tell the same story and are cleaner and no dead trees laying on the street waiting to be picked up.Wait, what are you saying??? Next thing you are gonna tell me is Mickey isn’t real.
Seriously speaking, we always used to get trees dug up, in a dirt clump, we love where it gets cold, NC- they still died.
It definitely doesn’t have to do with trees though. Just saying. The reason you put up trees yes, not what they are made of.
The very first fake tree we had was a shiny aluminum one with a color wheel spot light shining on it.. I have never seen anything uglier then that tree. That was in 1963 right after the Kennedy assassination. Not many fond memories of that Christmas, but, the silver tree only made that one entrance and was no where to be found the following year.
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Dead2009
Horror Movie Guru
The snow is also fake. So is the ice on the castle. The grass in the hub isn't real either. Those also aren't real animals on the Jungle Cruise.
peter11435
Well-Known Member
Disney actually does plant some real Christmas trees as part of the Epcot main entrance display, outside the Magic Kingdom, and a few other locations.
Disney used to utilize real trees. Unfortunately one year a guest was attacked by a family of rabid fox squirrels that had made a home in said tree.
Club Cooloholic
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Ah yes the real meaning of Christmas is a dead pine? Lots of those around in the desert in biblical times? Reminds me of a song...
DisneyDoctor
Well-Known Member
I agree OP, Disney really should figure out how to make snow fall and stick to the pavement in the Florida heat..
Well. They can do anything, everyone knows that.
DisneyDoctor
Well-Known Member
I keep forgetting, thanks for the reminder
wombat
Active Member
You know I had a sneaky feeling that the animals in the Jungle Cruise were not quite rightThe snow is also fake. So is the ice on the castle. The grass in the hub isn't real either. Those also aren't real animals on the Jungle Cruise.
Tick Tock
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You don't owe anyone an apology for sharing an unpopular opinion or question.
Apologies to you on behalf of some of the childish name-calling you've received in this thread. The mob mentality runs strong in these parts.