Christmas In Georgia: Get Real!

Here in Carrollton it is still customary for families to make a trip to a local tree farm as Christmas in Georgia approaches.  Georgians take great pride in the old fashioned family tradition of cutting down their very own Christmas tree!

There are many benefits to choosing a real tree to share your holiday season with you! The obvious: they look great, smell incredible, and provide your family with a great Christmas tradition! After a day of holiday shopping, finish it off with finding the perfect Georgia tree for your home this Christmas in Carrollton.

It is simply inaccurate to assume that an artificial tree is better for the environment.  An artificial tree, usually made of plastic, can be a source of dioxins and may be made from PVC, which can take decades to break down once discarded. No matter how lifelike your artificial tree may be, it lacks the heartwarming Christmas aroma that a Frasier Fir or a Virginia Pine brings home. Consider these points when it comes time to choose your Christmas tree: 

• Christmas trees are truly a renewable ‘green’ resource – they are in fact, raised to be cut down, and for every tree that is cut down, there is another one growing in its place.
• Made in the USA: different figures have shown that anywhere from 75 – 90% of artificial trees are produced in Asia and shipped to the United States.
• A  real tree can actually absorb pollutants  

Beautiful, fresh Leyland Cypress, Red Cedars, Carolina Sapphires, Murray Cypress, and Virginia Pines are all types of trees that can be cut down on these farms. Even the ever popular Frasier Fir, which doesn’t grow in Georgia, but is shipped from the north, can be purchased for just a few more dollars that the others. Because Georgian’s prefer to cut down their own trees, local Christmas tree farms will even rig the Frasier Firs so that they can be “cut down.”   Kids love to help their parents make this important decision!

Start your Christmas in Carrollton at one of the farms where you can go to cut down your own Christmas tree! Red Land Nursery in Temple, about 8 miles from Carrollton, and Spring Brook Farm in Carrollton, are two places where you can cut your own trees.  Memory Maker Farm in Roopville (about 7 miles from Carrollton), and B & B Christmas Trees in Villa Rica (about 6 miles from Carrollton) also offer a variety of fresh trees that will make your home look incredible and smell irresistible this holiday season!

Get in the holiday spirit, shop locally and enjoy the holiday events in Carrollton!