Far out. I starting using a real looking fake tree a number of years ago. Not to save da environment but so I can keep it up until June if I feel like it. I do love real trees though. I use a fake one for my own convenience.
About eight years ago I threw in the towel and bought a 7.5’ fake tree at Lowes. The old lady had been pushing for it for years.
Now, I pull it out of the bag(lights still on it) the Friday after Thanksgiving and leave it up until some time in January.
We had real trees from our 7 acres. Mostly pine, and cedar. My gran favored cedar while we went with pine trees. It was just in the last 20 years that we switched to an artifical tree. Every year I would get a cold that would sometime turn into bronchitis. Turns out I’m allergic to pine trees. Go figure I’ve lived in the Pine Barrens of South Jersey all my life.