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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Merkuri" data-source="post: 4826334" data-attributes="member: 41321">I don't know what happens to the trees if their tops are cut off, but most Christmas trees are actually grown specifically to be Christmas trees.  They have Christmas tree farms.  I pass by one every month when I drive down to see my parents.  The majority of trees you see in people's homes were not cut from the wild - they came from a farm.I don't mind people with trees in their homes.  What kills me every year is when they cut those really huge trees for high-visibility places, like the big one in New York's Rockefeller plaza that they show on the Today Show.  It makes me want to cry each year when they talk about the new 70-90 year-old tree that they killed just to display some lights.  Just plant a goddamn tree there!  It'll take a while for it to grow to what people are used to, but please, stop killing the huge grandfather trees.We have a small 3-ft fake tree in our apartment that we put up every year.  We always thought a real one would be too much trouble, especially since we usually spend at least a week around Christmas staying with our parents, at which time our Christmas tree (if we had one) would be left all alone without water or anyone to gaze at it.  Seemed kinda pointless to get a real one.</blockquote>